Orissa Temples Show You Culture In Sculpture

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When it comes to visit the eastern states of India, the first and most preferred state is Orissa (now called Odisha). This is because Orissa is full of eye catching temples and natural beautiful places along the holy place of Lord Jaggannath. Orissa the east coast state of India is situated along the coastal line of Bay of Bengal. Orissa is always a preferred tourist state for people of India, but its culture, art and handicraft industry is the attraction for foreign tourists. Orissa is connected by road, rail and by air from all the main cities of India. Bhubaneswar the capital of Orissa has an International airport. Indian railways have frequent trains to the state from all major places of India.

An Orissa tourist gets all the information about the places to visit, convenience for those places and importance of those places from the Orissa tourism centers. The tourism centers are placed at all important railway stations and at Bhubaneswar airport. These canters are facility for the tourist by Orissa tourism. The tourists can also get the guides if they need from the tourism centers. The people of Orissa are very helpful ...
... in nature and have warm behavior towards the tourists. The places of main tourist interest are Puri, Konark, Hirakud, Paradip port, Chilka Lake and many Places of Bhubaneswar.

Puri the holy city is famous for Lord Jaggannath and so called Jaggannath Puri. Puri is just60 km away from Bhubaneswar by road. It is also well connected by rail. It is one of the four Holy pilgrimages of India called ‘’ char dham’’. It is a great place of worship for Hindus. Lord Jaggannath temple is very creatively constructed and is exhibition of artisanship of the great artists of Orissa. The car festival of Lord Jaggannath is world famous which draws lakhs of devotees from all round the Globe. The beach of Puri called ‘’ Golden beach’’ is a major attraction point for the young tourists and is also a honeymoon place for newly wed couples. It is a safe beach for bathing and swimming.

Konark temple is a temple of the sun. The shape and the designs on the stone of the sun temple make it unique in the whole world. It is one the Seven Wonders of the World and is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is a must see place during Orissa tours.

Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Orissa, and it has a lot of temples whose beauty never fails to lure tourists. The Lingaraj temple of Hindus, Dhauli stupa of Budhhist and Khandagiri, Udayagiri are cave temples of Jains show the all religion existed in Orissa. Another attraction is Nandankanan; it is a wild life sanctuary. It has a number of rare wild animals.

Other important places in Orissa are Hirakud dam; the longest dam in Asia and a hydroelectric project, Paradip Port and Chilka Lake; a sweet water lake. These places make Orissa a state of great importance.

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