Made in both English and Odia by ‘Lighthouse’, a Bhubaneswar based production house, ‘Debata Hoeele Maraee’ seeks to capture the religious significance of the grand festival called Nabakalebara. It has been directed by Sanjay Kanungo and Gurujee Swetachandan. Based…
Dream Team Sahara (DTS), which operates the state-run public transport service in public-private-partnership (PPP) mode, has decided to offer free Wi-Fi service to commuters. The project is likely to be launched in the third week of this month. All the 12…
If a beach vacation away from the madding crowd is your idea of a weekend getaway, nothing defines this better than a quiet retreat to Gopalpur-on-Sea. Once a bustling port under the East India Company, the place has now turned…
Rolling green hills, romantic climate, picture-perfect landscapes and solitude make Taptapani, one of the ideal getaways to escape the concrete jungle and cacophony of city’s noisy life. Taptapani is located amidst the forests of Ganjam District of Odisha, about 50…
The Sun Temple of Konark is one of the finest in Odisha and stands testimony to the great heights Indian architecture reached in ancient India. It is built in the shape of a chariot, depicting the Sun god’s…
Let us state that this beautiful compilation of facts about Odisha is from an answer to a question in Quora by Ananya Parida. We have just shared her facts. Our beautiful state, Odisha (formerly Orissa): I would start by…
The passenger buses must have CCTV and GPS facilities in order to get permit for operation in the state. Alarmed at the spurt in crimes against women, the Odisha government has decided to equip the state buses with CCTV cameras and…
Swosti Group, a hospitality and travel company based in Bhubaneswar, Odisha is the first hotel company in the state to receive a clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests for setting up a resort on one of the 26…
Ratnagiri, an ancient Buddhist site where excavation between 1958 and 1961 revealed the presence of a flourishing monastic settlement. But for the Odisha Tourism and ASI signposts, a visitor would miss the place entirely. From a distance, it is just…
Did you know Gangeswari Mandir was built as a model replica for the gigantic Konark sun temple? Images credit: Ashish Sarangi Also Read : Central Govt plans WiFi at Konark Sun Temple by June 2015