Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur is a city of 675,000 people in Uttar Pradesh, India. It is a way station on a popular overland route from India to Nepal. Gorakhpur is a city in the eastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, near the border with Nepal. It is the administrative headquarters of Gorakhpur District and Gorakhpur Division. Gorakhpur is famous as a religious centre: the city was home to Buddhist, Hindu, Jain and Sikh saints and is named after the medieval saint Gorakshanath. Gorakhnath Temple is still the seat of the Nath sect. The city is also home to many historic Buddhist sites and the Gita Press, a publisher of Hindu religious texts.

Famous 'Chauri-Chaura' incident took place here, where 19 British policemen were burnt inside the police station. Currently Gorakhpur enjoys a peaceful environ, with people from different communities living in harmony. The city is a hub of the Handloom products. Gita Press, world famous publisher of Hindu religious books, is also from Gorakhpur. A naturopathy hospital, Arogya Mandir, once the second largest of its kind in Asia, is also situated in Gorakhpur.