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| About Orissa |
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| Orissa is a veritable museum of India's sculptural and artistic heritage and has long been famous to scholars and connoisseurs for the magnificent Sun Temple at Konark (The legendary 'Black Pagoda' of European mariners), for the majestic temple of Lord Jagannath at Puri (renowned for the spectacular Rath Yatra chariot festival), and for the glorious temples of Bhubaneswar. The small but ever-growing number of sophisticated tourists who do manage to find their way to Orissa are generally prepared with some knowledge of these temples, of the delicate Orissan ikat textiles which have been become famous throughout the world, and, perhaps, of the beaches at Puri and Gopalpur on sea. They therefore plan to spend two or three days in Orissa. Even these knowledgeable visitors, however, are seldom prepared for the amazing variety and richness of the treasures that lie waiting to be discovered. If they were, they would have planned to stay for a week. And that would be just a beginning.
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| Orissa is a place like no other, a glowing green jewel of a state. On the east, 300 miles (482 km) of gentle coastline are open to the Bay of Bengal, while the high hills and mountains of the Eastern Ghats seal the western borders. In between, lie 96,000 square miles (156,000 sq kms) of peaceful, rural beauty. Orissa is home to three mighty rivers and to the largest fresh/salt water lake in Asia, to dozens of the most sacred places of pilgrimage in India, and to hundreds of thousands of small, traditional villages, in which almost all of her 26 million people live. Only four cities have more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, and Orissa's urban and rural populations alike share a strong sense of the holiness of their beautiful land and of their enduring links with the past.
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| The temples and monuments of Orissa are among the most magnificent gems of religious architecture the world has ever produced. Soaring against the dark sky, clustered by the many hundreds in the ancient holy city of Bhubaneswar, protecting the precincts of small towns and villages, the temples of Orissa are natural museums of the sublime and the divine, as well as the visible manifestations of something strong and enduring which seems to sanctify the entire state. These places of beauty and devotion often still serve as centers of intense religious activity and fervent festivals, as well as of great artistic creativity
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| Orissa Dance & Music |
| Orissa Dance & Music |
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:Odissi Dance,Orissa Folk Dances |
| Beaches |
| Orissa Beaches |
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Chandipur Beach,Gopalpur on Sea,Puri Beach |
| Wildlife |
| Wildlife in Orissa |
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Bhitarkanika National Park,Chandaka Elephant Reserve,Debrigarh Wildlife Sanctuary,Nandankanan National Park,Simlipal National Park,Ushakothi Wildlife Sanctuary,Tikarpada,Wildlife Sanctuary |
| Temples |
| Temples in Orissa |
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Brahmeshwar Temple,Mukteswar Temple,Parasurameswar Temple,Rajarani Temple,Vaital Deul Temple |
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