The Old Town (Ekamra Kshetra), which is the heritage hub of the capital city, is now its cleanest neighbourhood. With the rising popularity of the Ekamra Walks, a heritage walk organised by the BMC and BDA every Sunday through its…
Introducing Odisha : An Architectural Odyssey,by team of six architects traveled thousands of kilometers across Odisha
Introducing Odisha: An Architectural Odyssey, a book published by Bloomsbury India . Authors along with dedicated young Research team consisting of six architects traveled thousands of kilometers across Odisha. More than 130 sites were visited and documented. Out of which 68…
An Awesome blog on intricate details of Mukteswar Temple : Gem of Odia architecture by Sivakumar Surampudi
Mukteswar is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. This 10th century temple built in the year of AD 950, is an important transition point between the early and the later phases of the Kalinga school of…
A beautiful blog on Vaital Temple Bhubaneswar with focus on its architecture intricacies by Sudhansu Nayak
Vaital temple is a living temple where Durga or Shakti is considered primary. Within its Jagamohana, it contains two images: a naga holding foliated vases along with one image of Mahisamardini, and latter only a Mahisamardini. (Jagamohana is an assembly…
Bhubaneswar all set to have 521 heritage signage across different parts of the city
Ekamra Kshetra, as the Heritage District was known in the past, will soon have 521 heritage signage to go in sync , which are presently dotted with normal signage and are often found as a gross mismatch to the city’s unique…
Chausathi Yogini Mahotsav at Hirapur Bhubaneswar scheduled for 23-25 December 6.30 pm
Chausathi Yogini Mahotsav, an annual festival of performing arts being hosted at the famed heritage site of 64-Yogini temple at Hirapur near bhubaneswar is a crowd-puller with a number of captivating performances. More details in the flyers. Read more on…
A Travel Blog on lesser known Somnath Temple of Jatni by Ashish Sarangi
Somnath Temple of Jatni can be reached from Bhubaneswar through Old town, Kapileswar area through to Jatni and then straight left. Also, one can visit the temple turning right from Jatni Chowk towards Pipli from Jatni on the Bhubaneswar-Puri…
Amalgamation of Muslim Mystics and the Hindu Religion Bukhari Pir Saheb, Kaipadar Khurda
If you are interested in Hindu-Muslim relations in Odisha, you must go to Kaipadar to the shrine of a Pir. It is the most famous Pir shrine in Odisha. There the Prasad maker is a Hindu and must be a…
Heard about Online Delivery of Mandira Prasad Abhada in bhubaneswar yet?
Need a divine lunch? Order it online at TempleThali and get it at your convenient place. At present they are serving bhubaneswar for all kinds of orders and its nearby cities for bulk orders. Order before 10AM to get…
Temple Run in Bhubaneswar : A beautiful travelogue on temple city by Nirdesh Singh
The lanes of the old city of Bhubaneswar are choc-a-block with temples making you wonder if this is how Delhi and other North Indian towns looked before the temples disappeared and tombs appeared. In Bhubaneswar, however, the temple building…