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{{Infobox body of water
| name = Devkund
| native_name = ଦେବକୁଣ୍ଡ
| native_name_lang = OR
| other_name = Devkund
| image = Devkund Waterfall.JPG
| alt = Devkund waterfall and pond.
| caption = Devkund waterfall and pond.
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| location = [[Mayurbhanj district|Mayurbhanj]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
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[[File:Devkund Ambika Temple.JPG|thumb|Ambika Temple at Devkund.]]
'''Devkund''' or '''Deokunda''' is naturally created [[pond]] located in the [[Mayurbhanj district]] of [[Odisha]], India, and is part of the [[Simlipal National Park]].<ref name="Siṃhadeba2004">{{cite book|author=Jitāmitra Prasāda Siṃhadeba|title=Tantric Hedonism of Mahanadi Valley: Uddiyana Pitha|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=coTXAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 2004|publisher=D. K. Print World (P) Limited|isbn=978-81-246-0269-0}}</ref><ref name="Siṃhadeba2003">{{cite book|author=Jitāmitra Prasāda Siṃhadeba|title=Some tantric esotericism of Orissa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qDluAAAAMAAJ|date=1 January 2003|publisher=R.N. Bhattacharya|isbn=978-81-87661-30-6}}</ref> The flowing water from an adjacent [[waterfall]] has created this pond. There is a temple called "Ambika Mandira" that was discovered by Rajkumar Prafulla Chandra Bhanja Deo, a researcher and a king during [[British Raj]] who stayed at Devkund and researched about this place.<ref name="DeoSiṃhadeba2007">{{cite book|author1=Prafulla Chandra Bhanja Deo|author2=Jitāmitra Prasāda Siṃhadeba|title=A Tantric Scholar, and the British Wrath on Bastar State: Historical Documentation Relating to Rajkumar Prafulla Chandra Bhanja Deo, and Swami Nigamananda Saraswati|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KJfXAAAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Punthi Pustak|isbn=978-81-86791-66-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Orissa Historical Research Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wSZuAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Superintendent of Research and Museum}}</ref><ref name="Siṃhadeba2006">{{cite book|author=Jitāmitra Prasāda Siṃhadeba|title=Archaeology of Orissa: with special reference to Nuapada and Kalahandi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ypuAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=R.N. Bhattacharya|isbn=978-81-87661-50-4}}</ref> Debakunda is home to lichen species like [[Parmeliaceae]].<ref name="DivakarMisra2004">{{cite book|author1=P. K. Divakar|author2=Sarat Misra|author3=D. K. Upreti|title=Parmelioid lichens in India: a revisionary study|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OXIQAQAAMAAJ|year=2004|publisher=Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh|isbn=978-81-211-0389-3}}</ref>

== Location ==
Devkund is located at a distance of 60 km from [[Baripada]] and 85 km from [[Balasore]].

== Etymology ==
Devkund is combination of two Odia words "Deba" (deity) and "Kunda" (a small [[pond]] or [[Bathtub|tub]]].

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://gotravelblogger.com/category/places-to-visit/odisha/ : Tourists Places in Odisha]

[[Category:Mayurbhanj district]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Odisha]]

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