Nandankanan Zoological Park
Status: Listed with current timings on the official Odisha Tourism site (checked 29 Oct 2026).
Zoo and botanical garden on the edge of Bhubaneswar, opened in 1960, known for white tigers and lion and tiger safaris.
Nandankanan was set up in 1960 and became a zoological park in 1979. It is known for breeding white tigers and for the first captive breeding of melanistic tigers in India. Visitors can take lion and tiger safaris, go boating on Kanjia lake, and see the botanical garden, reptile park and aquarium.
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