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,...
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...
DEBRIGARH- A Poacher’s Paradise!
He started stories on how elephant tusks were being smuggled with help of forest department insiders and later the smuggler was caught and jailed....
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...
137 Mountain Peaks in four States opened to foreigners for mountaineering and trekking
The Government has opened 137 mountain peaks for foreigners desirous of obtaining Mountaineering Visa (‘MX’) for mountaineering and trekking. These peaks are located in...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A night at Kuladiha Reserve Forest
We were terrified to see him running towards us, he was sweating, breathless and visibly tensed; ‘elephant elephant’ he whispered before he finished his...