Mangalajodi – A Bird’s Paradise
Once Mangalajodi was famous as poachers’ village’, because of the involvement of villagers in water bird poaching on a large, commercial scale. Even the...
Paintings on Chariots
The wooden chariots (mobile form of the temple) are the temporary abodes of the Jagannath Trinity. The deities are installed in these chariots (locally...
6.17% Increase in Tourists Footfalls from the United States (USA) to India in 2017...
The Ministry of Tourism clarifies that the Foreign Tourist Arrivals (FTAs) in India from the USA during the year 2017 have registered a positive growth...
Nature Tourism In Focus
Besides Mangalajodi, the sites being developed by the Odisha government as part of Eco-tourism project include Barakhandia and Dhodrokusum under the Hirakud wildlife division,...
Kedareswara temple and Gauri temple
Facing the south, this temple is architecturally akin to the Siddhesvara temple and, like it, has a thick-set heavy-shouldered gandi betraying. immaturity. Its...
Lord Jagannath and Car Festival
Car Festival of Lord Jagannath at Puri is a symbol of Orissa for the rest of India. It manifests Oriyan character and the Orissan...
India gets its 38th WORLD UNESCO World HERITAGE SITE as Pink City Jaipur
In yet another landmark achievement, India’s nomination of the Jaipur City, Rajasthan got inscribed today on the World Heritage List of UNESCO during the...
India gets its 38th WORLD UNESCO World HERITAGE SITE as Pink City Jaipur
In yet another landmark achievement, India’s nomination of the Jaipur City, Rajasthan got inscribed today on the World Heritage List of UNESCO during the...
KARMA : THE DANCE OF LOVE, LIFE AND BEAUTY
A Karma song says “Life is full of bliss, peace and happiness. We can have it from the deep blue sky, on the green...
Temple sisireswar and markandeyesvara (Two identical early temples)
The Sisireswar temple at Bhubaneswar is an important landmark in the evolution of temple architecture. It consists of the deula (now devoid of its...
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