Bhubaneswar & Puri

Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar, "The City of Temples", is one of the most culturally rich cities in India. The state capital of Odisha is a sprawling metropolis that very ably preserves the balance between upholding olden values and cultural heritage on one hand and being able to conform to changing modern times on the other. Bhubaneswar is an ancient city in India's eastern state of Odisha, formerly Orissa. Many temples built from sandstone are dotted around Bindu Sagar Lake in the old city, including the 11th-century Hindu Lingaraja Temple. Outside Rajarani Temple are sculpted figures of the guardians of the 8 cardinal and ordinal directions. Jain antiques, weaponry and indigenous pattachitra paintings fill the Odisha State Museum.

The places of visit includes finest temples such as the Lingaraja Temple and Mukteswar Temple. Nearby places of interest include the sacred pilgrimage town of Puri and the quiet ocean-side village of Gopalpur-on-Sea. Other tourist attractions include the State Museum, Bindu Sarovara and Nandan Kanan and of course the Sun Temple at Konark.

How to Reach Bhubaneswar :

By Air : Bhubaneshwar is well linked by air to Delhi, Chennai, Varanasi, Nagpur, Kolkata, and Vishakhapatnam on daily basis flights by domestic Airlines.

Rail : Superfast trains connect Bhubaneswar with major cities of India such as Kolkata, Guwahati, Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Ahmedabad.

By Road : Bhubaneswar is well linked to the rest of India by the national highways.