About 50 km from Keonjhar towards Cuttack Popular for Shrine of Goddess Tarini abode of Maa Durga. There is a Beautiful story about Maa how she came from Kanchi (Vijaynagar) to Puri.  Govinda Bhanja the senapati of Kalinga after winning the battle between Kalinga and Kanchi had to return to his kingdom keonjhar, King Purusottam Dev wanted to give Govinda Bhanja something as he had helped him to avenge his insult and Princess Padmavati to his kingdom. Govinda Bhanja wanted only one thing for himself .He wanted to bring Maa to his kingdom. King Purusottam Dev agreed to this and asked him to ask Maa’s permission. Govinda Bhanja prayed MAA and MAA agreed with one condition. Maa said she will go with him as long as Govinda Bhanja doesn’t look back to see Maa. With this Condition Maa went with Govinda Bhanjha to Kendujhar (kheojhar). From Puri to Khedujhar Maa horse hoof sounds were audible. On the outskirts of Khedujhar lies river Baitarini. On the forest of Kheojhar Maa’s horse hoofs was not audible to Govinda Bhanja. He got scared that Maa stayed behind and he turned to look back to see. There n then Maa turned into stone. Govinda Bhanjha prayed Maa for forgiveness but Maa said she has made the condition with him before coming. And she will stay in the wild jungle and asked Govinda Bhanjha to worship in that place. Till today Maa Tarini is being worshipped in Ghatagaon, Kheojhar. Which is now a major tourist attraction in Kheojhar (Odisha). If you want to learn more about Ghatagaon tourism then order Odisha Tourism boks from OdishaShop today.

By Air  
Bhubaneswar, the capital city of Odisha, is the only civil airport in the state connected to different parts of the country through regular flights. From Bhubaneswar very good road transport facility is available to reach the Temple of MAA.

By Rail  
There is no direct train network to Maa’s Temple but one can go upto Jajpur Road station and from there plenty of road transport facility available to reach Maa’s temple.

By Road
There is a good road network connecting Ghategaon different places within the state. Anandpur, Jajpur and keonjhar are the 3 most nearest place to Ghatagaon. Regular Bus servises are availble from major cities of Odisha through out the day. Buses come from Cuttack, Bhubaneswar, Puri, Berhampur, Rourkela, Bhadrak, Balasore and other major parts of Odisha to Ghatgaon. Taxi services are also available from all the cities of Odisha.