When one gets completely bogged down with the frustrations of monotonous mundane life and desperately craves for escape from reality , nothing can be a better option than spending a few moments with Nature. Added to that if you…
Puri included in model ‘Swachh Tourist Destinations’ to be developed in first phase
Government plans to come up with 100 model ‘Swachh Tourist Destinations’ under a special clean-up initiative focused on developing iconic heritage, spiritual and cultural places in the country as part of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet programme Swachh Bharat Mission.…
Puri Railway Station to have Wifi by RathaJatra, 85 special trains by East Coast Railways
Puri station is all set to be WiFi enabled before RathaJatra for which RailTel is working on readying the infrastructure. East Coast Railways will run at least 85 special trains during RathaJatra this year. Currently there are plans to run special trains from…
Trifecta of the East: Bhubaneswar, Puri and Konark are a confluence of art and religion
Sandwiched between the thickly forested Eastern Ghat hills and the Bay of Bengal, the region in the country’s East once boasted of over 7,000 temples. With time, the number has significantly depleted, but there is abundance enough to command…
Had Maharaja Ranjit Singh succeeded in donating Kohinoor to Jagannath Puri it would still be in India
The Kōh-i Nūr which means “Mountain of Light” in Persian, also spelled Koh-i-noor, Koh-e Noor or Koh-i-Nur, is a 105 carat (21.6 g) diamond (in its most recent cut) that was once the largest known diamond in the world. The…
Bhubaneswar Cycling and Adventure Club tries to promote Overnight Cycling, continuous 12 hours
Various people from different age groups travelled overnight, from 8pm to 8am this morning, to promote concept of overnight cycling as done in western countries and also give a message of non motorized transport. They covered a total of 160km. They began their journey from bhubaneswar, travelled to…
Dreaming with Sand : A video on Sudarsan Pattnaik by TheIncendiaryFilms
Depiction of Monuments and Lives in Odisha in 1820s in Water Colours by Jitu Mishra
I have always been fascinated on the subject of British interventions in India’s rediscovery in the 19th century. Well, coming from Odisha, her re-discovery in the 19th century occupies a larger space in my heart. In the beginning of the…
Jagannath Temple has a property in Nainital going to be sold very soon
A 52-year-old building owned by Jagannath Temple at Nainital in Uttarakhand will soon go under the hammer. To increase the revenue of the 12th century shrine, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) recently wrote to the Nainital collector to assess…
Bring your own Film Festival BYOFF 2016 in Puri from 21 to 25 feb 2016
The Venue is Pink House, Puri India, One of the hotel closest to the beach with sand drifting to your front door, the Pink House and its outdoor restaurant looks the part. Nice restaurant with beach sand floors, a fireplace…