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Situated
on the coast along the Bay of Bengal, Orissa stands for its ancient glory and
modern endeavour. Endowed with nature's bounty, a 482 km stretch of coastline
with virgin beaches, serpentine rivers, mighty waterfalls, forest-clad blue
hills of Eastern Ghats with rich wild life, Orissa is dotted with exquisite
temples, historic monuments as well as pieces of modern engineering feat. The
land, while retaining its pristine glory, also offers the visitors modern amenities.
Orissa
has a long tradition of art and architecture. The early monuments date back
to the third century B.C. The remnant of an Ashokan pillar, turned into a Siva
Lingam and enshrined in the Bhaskaresvara temple at Bhubaneswar and the lion
capital of an Ashokan pillar, presently in the State Museum, speak volumes of
Orissa's past glory. The rock-cut caves of Khandagiri and Udaygiri and the inscriptions
recording Kharavela's short but eventful reign during the first century B.C.
constitute the second phase of the evolution in Orissan art. The Naga and Yaksha
images found in places around Bhubaneswar belong to the post-Kharavela era.
The fortification of Sisupalgarh near Bhubaneswar is yet another monument of
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