Odisha

river · fort

Road traffic of all kinds - cars, trucks, mopeds, buses, auto and bicycle rickshaws, carts, and pedestrians - clogs a busy street during rush hour in Cuttack, India.

A close shot of women in Orissa sitting together and making a very traditional Oriya dish called Badi. It's something that is made in almost every Oriya household.

Odia cuisine being sold at the annual Odisha Parba in Delhi. The three-day festival, see the lawns of India Gate comes alive with Odisha’s rich cultural heritage - from its regional dance and music to gastronomical delights, as well as the…

river · hills

The Daya River starts as a branch of the Kuakhai River at Saradeipur (near Badahati) in Odisha state in India.

coastline

Bird sitting in a beach of Orissa. This looks like an exhausted Red-headed Pochard that has lost its way and is sitting wearily on the beach.

highway · fort

Road traffic of all kinds - cars, trucks, mopeds, buses, auto and bicycle rickshaws, carts, and pedestrians - clogs a busy street during rush hour in Cuttack, India.

dance

Odissi or Orissi is one of the pre-eminent classical dance forms of India which originated in the Hindu temples of the eastern coastal state of Odisha in India.

festival · temple

Crowd across the country witness the famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in the city of Puri, Odisha.

temple · ceremony

View of Shri Shri Ganesha Kartikeshwar Temple in Odisha, India. Ganesha, also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati and Vinayaka, is a widely worshipped deity in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal.

temple · ceremony

View of Shri Shri Ganesha Kartikeshwar Temple in Odisha, India. Ganesha, also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati and Vinayaka, is a widely worshipped deity in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal.

flowers

A papaya tree with flower and unripe fruit on it, and a palm tree with abandoned Baya Weaver Bird nests handing from its fronds, in Orissa, India.

temple · festival

Hatakeswara is a famous siva temple near to Atri small village in Begunia situated in State High Way from Khurda to Nayagarh, Baangir nearer to Begunia situated in 20 degree 15'N and 85 degree 30'E.

bazaar · highway

Daytime scene captures the everyday rhythm of Pithapur Bazar in Cuttack, Odisha. The busy marketplace is alive with the movement of motorcycles, scooters, auto-rickshaws, and pedestrians, creating the dynamic atmosphere for which Indian com…

coastline · wildlife

This wildlife footage captures Olive Ridley sea turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) arriving on the coast of Odisha for nesting, a natural phenomenon of immense ecological importance.

coastline · railway

Puri railway station serves Puri, the sea-shore temple town in the Indian state of Odisha. Puri railway station is a busy station handling around 92 trains daily and serving about 138,000 passengers per day.

festival · temple

Lakhs of devotees gather to celebrate Rath Yatra. Every summer, thousands of devotees begin a journey of faith to Puri in Odisha for the annual Puri Rath Yatra.

dance

When the Wilderness post-production team was delivered some green screen footage of an Indian Classical dancer practising a fusion of Odisha and Kathak dance styles, we thought: "How can we make this mixture of different styles even more in…

river · temple

A Hindu temple situated near Kathajodi River in Cuttack, Odisha. Please help us to identify this temple... Kathajodi River is an arm of the Mahanadi River in Orissa, India. It branches off at Naraj, then immediately is bifurcated.

Enduri Pitha is a variety of pitha made in the Indian state of Odisha mostly in the northern and central region. Ingredients are turmeric leaves, black gram, rice flour, coconut, jaggery, black pepper.

dance · monsoon

The first performance signifies spring and is put up by the Odissi dancers from Orissa. Odissi is the oldest surviving dance form of India. Then summer is put up in the form of Bharatnatyam from the state of Tamil Nadu.

coastline · industry

Coconut is one of the most important plantation crops of Orissa. The area under coconut production in the State is about 43.3 thousand hectares producing 296.05 million nuts.

lake · boats

Chilika Lake, the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia and one of India's most important wetland ecosystems. Located in Odisha, Chilika is renowned for its breathtaking landscapes, rich biodiversity, and thriving eco-tourism activities.

Here you can buy the Mahahprasad at Odisha Parba New Delhi, like Khaja, Sweets, Chhena poda, Chhena gaja, Pitha, and many more traditional sweets of Odisha. People buying the traditional sweets of Odisha,