Udaya
An illustration of a north Indian shikhara, standing for Sakshi Gopal Temple, Satyabadi

Vaishnava · Puri, Odisha

Sakshi Gopal Temple, Satyabadi

Gopinatha (Sakshi Gopal), the Krishna who walked from Vrindavan to bear witness

MarriageGeneral

The temple in short

Deity
Gopinatha (Sakshi Gopal), the Krishna who walked from Vrindavan to bear witness
Where
Puri, Odisha · 19.95N 85.81E
Usual hours
5 am – 1 pm, 4 pm – 9 pm — hours change with festivals and the season; check before travelling. Were these right when you went?
Grahas
Guru
Visited for
Where the Lord is said to have followed an old brahmin to witness a promise of marriage, which is why couples stop here on the way to Puri. Anla Navami is its day.
Kept for Jupiter, one of the nine grahas a temple can be visited for.

Where it is

Sakshi Gopal Temple, Satyabadi, Puri, Odisha. The dot is the town, to about a kilometre — the gazetteer does not hold the gopuram's own coordinates.

Others within reach

Nearest first, by straight-line distance

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Parihaaram is traditional practice, offered for devotion and peace of mind; it is not a guaranteed cure of any condition. Temple hours change with festivals and the season, so check before travelling.