The Beauty Of Holy City Puri

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If you like to travel across India, your travel is incomplete if you haven’t visited Puri in Orissa. Puri is a coastal city of the beautiful state of Orissa which is an east coast state of India. In Indian tourism Orissa ha a special place. Orissa is full of temple, art, culture, mountains and beaches. Among many tourist places in Orissa, Puri is the most prominent holy place. Puri is one of the four prominent holy sites in India which are known as “char dham’’. Puri is known as the holy land of Jaggannath.Puri is famous for its great ancient Jagannath temple. People believe that Jagganath reside in the temple, hence Puri is also known as Purusotammapuri or Jaggannath puri.

Puri has one of the most beautiful beaches in India. This beach has sand of golden yellow colour, so the beach is also known as Golden beach. The sight of sunrise and sunset are amazing. During sunrise the sun appears to jump out of the sea like a red fire ball. The sea beach is a place to relax and enjoy the bath in sea among high tides. In the Golden beach, the coast guard provides all the safety measures to the tourists. The cool breeze ...
... in evening is very enjoyable. Tourists around the globe come to Puri all through the year.

Puri is well connected to the capital city of Orissa Bhubaneswar by road and rail. Puri is well connected to all major places in India including New Delhi, Kolkata and Ahmedabad. It is just one and half hour drive by road from Bhubaneswar. There is facility of bus and train frequently between Puri and Bhubaneswar. Nearest airport is Bhubaneswar which is 60km away. There are many travels in Puri, they provide tourists vehicles to travel within Puri and also for outside. As there are many places near Puri to visit. Some of them are Gundicha temple, Loknath temple, sand art park and Konark temple. Konark temple is a treat for eye to watch. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It is only 35 km from Puri. So these many travels offer packages for tourists. These travels tour packages are economical and convenient for tourists. Many tourists make use of these packages to `enjoy all the places of the holy city Puri. These packages include the guides who inform you about the historical importance of these places in many languages.

Puri is famous for its handcraft items and they are readily available in the Puri market at a very reasonable cost. The hotels facility is very luxurious as well economic for the tourists. The food is also good. The main festival in Puri is the world famous ‘’ Chariot festival’’ of Lord Jaggannath. Around 10 lakhs of devotees and tourist visit Puri during the festival. The people of Puri are very courteous. So travelling to Puri will be certainly a memorable and enjoyable experience.

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