Odisha government is planning a theme centre and other facilities near Buddhist heritage site Dhauli with an investment of over Rs 100 crore to attract tourists to the state.The plan is to build a theme centre and an interpretation facility depicting the Kalinga War scenes there to attract tourism.
The state government has been actively engaged with national and international level tour operators to showcase the four key Buddhist sites in the state-Ratnagiri, Dhauligiri, Udayagiri and Langudia, where Ashokan era rock edicts have been found along with other prominent Buddhist sites in the country