Konark Temple Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century AD Sun Temple at Konark in Odisha, India. It is believed that the temple was built by kingNarasimhadeva I of Eastern Ganga Dynasty in 1255 AD. Lingaraja Temple Parashurameshvara Temple Mukteshvara Temple Rajarani Temple Vaitaḷa deuḷa Chilika Lake Chilika Lake is a brackish water lagoon,[…]
Arts & Crafts in Orissa
Odisha (Orissa) has an art and craft that are the products of a long historical process in which the spiritual, philosophical and the human dimensions have merged to yield the finest effects of a cultured and civilized life. Fine Arts Painting, according to some scholars is as old as Odisha’s[…]
National Parks in Orissa
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nandankanan Zoological Park Nandankanan Zoological Park is a 400-hectare (990-acre) zoo and botanical garden in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Established in 1960, it was opened to the public in 1979 and became the first zoo in India to join World Association of Zoos and Aquariums(WAZA) in 2009. [/vc_column_text][vc_media_grid grid_id=”vc_gid:1465465784623-9ae82cdf-e7e8-9″ include=”3223,3224,3225,3226,3227,3228,3230,3231,3232,3233,3234,3235″][vc_column_text][…]
Festivals in Orissa
Fairs & Festivals in Odisha (Orissa) – With numerous religions, ancient temples, local shrines, tribes and an array of sacred places, Odisha (Orissa) observes uncountable number of festivals and fairs round the year. Kalinga Mahotsava Kalinga Mahotsav or the National Festival of Martial Dance is celebrated to pay tribute to[…]