ODisha Tourism

This is famous temple of Odisha, the temple is a great example of Kalinga architecture, where the deity is worshipped as Harihara, a combined form of Vishnu and Shiva.

• Madanmohana Temple

• Lingaraj Raj Temple

• Jagannath Temple

• Konark Temple

Located on the banks of the river Daya, this marks the place of Kalinga war. Rock edicts and inscriptions of Ashoka can be seen here, also is a famous Buddhist pilgrimage site.

• Ratnagiri

• Sanchi Stupa

• Udayagiri

• Dhauli Peace Pagoda

Situated near Bhubaneshwar, these group of caves were carved out for Jain monks during the reign of King Kharavela.

• Barabar Caves

• Badami Caves

• Udayagiri and Khandagiri

• Karla and Kanheri Caves

This city remained the capital of Odisha for over nine centuries and is also the oldest town. its history dates back to the Keshari dynasty from around 989 CE.

• Keomjhar

• Bhubaneshwar

• Puri

• Cuttack

This fort was built by the Ganga dynasty on the banks of river Mahanadi and once housed a nine-storey palace. Temple dedicated to Katak Chandi, the presiding deity of the city of Cuttack, not far away from the fort.

• Chudanga Gada Fort.

• Raibania Fort.

• Barabati Fort.

• Potagarh Fort.

Famous city of Odisha, it is is said in this place Lord Vishnu takes his food. Is a part of the Chardham pilgrimages sites in India.

• Lingaraj Temple

• Konark Temple

• Dwarka

• Puri

13th-century CE Sun temple, the temple is attributed to king Narasimhadeva I of the Eastern Ganga dynasty. Declared as World Heritage Site by UNESCO, potrays chariot with seven horses and twelve wheels.

• Bhramanya Dev Temple

• Vivasvan Sun Temple

• Sun Temple at Modhera

• Konark Sun Temple

Based at Puri, this famous Sand art artist has introduced to the world a unique art form using sand. Beautiful and creative sculptures are made by using only fine sand and water. He was awarded Padma Shri in 2014 for this unique talent.

• Sudhanshu Pattanaik

• Naveen Pattanaik

• Sudarshan Pattanaik

• Biju Pattanaik

This village in Odisha is known for its traditional colorful applique craft. In this craft, different fabric pieces are stitched on a base layer of cloth. Name this village.

• Raghurajpur village

• Pipli Village

• Bhuban village

• Bhadrak

Identify this village of Odisha, where you will fine artists in every household. Here the artists are specialized in making patachitra paintings on a piece of cloth. There are many types of Pattachitra like Tassar cloth Pattachitra, Palm leaf Pattachitra etc.

• Mayapur village

• Pipli Village

• Raghurajpur Village

• Nadia Village