Odisha Tourism organizing International Sand Art Festival from 1-5 Dec at Konark. The fourth edition of International Sand Art festival will be held at Konark’s Chandrabhaga beach, coinciding with the Konark Dance Festival. National and international sand maestros are expected…
Odisha tourism has invited amateurs and photographers to send in their entries at [email protected]. Tourism department is intending to buy some high quality photographs on negation basis to be done by committee. Please send in your entries at the email…
The advent of glass and wrought iron products has failed to decrease the popularity of terracotta items, feel artistes. From statues and bells to lamps and vases, the terracotta items are a favourite with those, who want to add a…
Over 10,000 migratory birds from Siberia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and across the Himalayas have arrived at Odisha’s Chilika Lake for their winter sojourn, an official said on Friday. The first batch of birds arrived earlier this month. The numbers are…
The doorless village of Sialia in Kendrapada district will be included in the tourism map besides the century-old palace at Rajkanika, Sialia in Rajkanika block is only one of its kind. The 150 houses in the village do not have…
Air Asia, ABC Airways, Air Costa and Vistaara Airways to soon start operation from Biju Patnaik International Airport in Bhubaneswar. Air Costa is promoted by the Vijaywada-based construction group LEPL. A total of 22 flights belonging to Air India, Jet…
Visitors will have a better view of leopards to be kept in a newly built open-air enclosure at the Nandankanan Zoological Park. The park will be the third zoo in the country after Gangtok and Aizawl to have such…
Nabakalebar, the periodical renewal of the wooden images of Lord, Jagannath, Bhalabhadara, Subhadra and Sudarshan. After the year 1996, next Nabakalebar festival is going to happen in 2015. The Puri Rath Yatra will be named as Nabakalebar Rath Yatra in…
Impressed by the efficient cyclone relief work being put in by around 559 personnel from the Odisha fire services department and Odisha Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) since October 13, chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is learnt to have asked…
Odisha government Tuesday inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the the India Tourism Development Corporation for Sound and Light shows at three heritage sites in the state. The shows will be introduced at Khandagiri-Udaygiri caves, Dhauli and the 13th…