Devotees thronged Gadakuntunia village under Balakati block on the outskirts of Bhubaneswar since late Saturday night after the identification of the Nabakalebar Daru (log) of Lord Sudarshan in the village was announced by the Puri Shree Jagannath Temple…
A tribal wonderland, Keonjhar has always held a magical allure for travellers for its geological, religious, social and anthropological significance. From the stunning beauty and unspoilt elegance of dense forests, exuberant waterfalls, terraced valleys and exotic wildlife to one of…
Bhitarkanika National Park authorities in Kendrapara district have decided to preserve the skeletal remains of an 18.5 feet long male crocodile, one of the giant size crocs in Bhitarkanika. The carcass of the giant size male crocodile was retrieved near…
Odisha which is largely accredited as a poor state with presumably poor infrastructure and large number of people suffering from malnutrition and being illiterate. This has created a halo effect as one of the most backward state of India. There…
1. Bhubaneswar, the capital of modern Odisha, is also India’s temple city. Bhubaneswar literary means the land of Shiva. Gauda King Sashanka, who was a staunch follower of Lord Shiva, had built the first temple at Bhubaneswar (Ekamra Kshetra)…
There is a legend behind this why Lord Sudarshan is still a pole and not shape of deitee. The story is narrated in the Mahabharata, which states that once in Dwaraka, Rukmini and Satyabhama wished to hear the Gopalila of…
The Hukitola building was built by the British during the Naanka Drought of 1866 to store rice imported from Burma and other places through the sea route. It is in close proximity to port city of Paradeep. This ancient building…
The tourism department has decided to promote Nabakalebara of Jagannath by advertising on trains. The department aims to advertise on the exteriors of Bhubaneswar Rajdhani and Trivandrum Rajdhani express trains, which chug through several states.While the tourism department is busy preparing…
Odisha hosts the first ever Asian Surf Championship in India
Once the capital of the princely state of Patnagarh, the district town of Bolangir, also spelt Balangir, still retains its old world’s charm and serenity.One of the major commercial towns in the western part of Odisha, the place is littered…