Bhubaneswar
: Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa, is also popularly known as the "Temple
City of India". Being the seat of Tribhubaneswar or 'Lord Lingaraj', Bhubaneswar
is an important Hindu pilgrimage centre. Hundreds of temples dot the landscape
of the Old Town, which once boasted of more than 2000 temples. Bhubaneswar is
the place where temple building activities of Orissan style flowered from its
very inception to its fullest culmination extending over a period of over one
thousand years.
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Puri : A heaven on earth is
the common description of Puri. Both the devout and the pleasure-seeker bestow
such praise on the place. The world's biggest Vishnu temple dividing the skyline
through a host of smaller temples overlooking Puri's wide, sprawling, clean,
sunny, buoyant, and vibrant beach, which too is one of world's finest of its
kind are its chief attractions. Puri is also famous for the greatest of the
temple festivals, the Rath Yatra or the Car Festival which falls in June/July.
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Konark : Konark (lat. 19.53'N;
long. 86.06'E) is a small town in Puri distrit. The Bay of Bengal is barely
4 kilometer away. It is 70 km from Bhubaneswar. The name Konark is a variant
of Konark which means the Arka (Sun) of Kona (corner), the corner being that
of Trikona on the bank of the Kushabhadra.
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Cuttack : Cuttack, the former
capital and one of the oldest cities of Orissa is the administrative headquarters
of the district. The town is situated at the apex of the delta formed by the
rivers Mahanadi in the North and Kathajodi in the South. It serves as a convenient
base for touring the various places of interest in the district.
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