Asia’s largest medicinal forest is located in Sogar and is 17 km distance from Dhenkanal town. The site previously had very few medicinal plants and was redeveloped in 2010 to increase it. The area of this forest is 703 acres, of which 484 acres are forest land and 219 acres are revenue land. The garden has about 40 thousand lime trees like Similipal and Gandhamardhan forest and many trees like sandalwood, basan sandalwood, blood sandalwood, white sandalwood, Doli Sandalwood, gooseberry, Terminalia Chebula, Terminalia Bellirica, Mango, Guava, Ashwagandha.
Mahatma Gandhi Ausodhiya Aranya has become a perfect picnic spot over the years. Some areas near the main gate of the forest have been transformed into beautiful parks. Various types of flowering trees are planted in this park to attract people in winter, especially during the picnic season. The park has picnic Pindis and water facilities for visitors for feasts and picnics. Within this park is a water park where you can take a bath, which costs 80 rupees. Mahatma Gandhi Ausodhiya Aranya is one of the tourist attractions places in Dhenkanal District.
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