📍 Dam🏞️ Lake📍 Picnic

Garga Dam

Bokaro Steel City, Jharkhand, India

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Overview

A quiet reservoir on the Garga river just outside Bokaro, popular for winter picnics and sunset walks on the embankment.

Why visit: Fifteen minutes from the city, a world away in calm.

Things to do

›Embankment walk
›Winter picnic

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Feb

Entry fee

Free

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1–2 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

3.5 km

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📍 Temple

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📍 Temple

4.2

Ayyappa Temple Bokaro

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A rare Kerala-style shrine of Lord Ayyappa in eastern India, built by Bokaro's South Indian steel community.

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📍 Park

4.3

City Park Bokaro

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💧 Waterfall

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