Odisha

river · temple

Chandrabhaga is situated three km east of the Sun temple of Konark and 30 km from Puri. Until recent years Chandrabhaga was considered a place of natural cure for lepers.

coastline · temple

Puri is a city and the district headquarters of Puri district, Odisha, eastern India. It is situated on the Bay of Bengal, 60 kilometres south of the state capital of Bhubaneswar.

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Olive Ridley Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), Orissa, India. The turtle is flapping its limbs in the sand, in order to dig a hole for laying its eggs, on a moonlit night, on the Rushikuliya beach.

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.

temple · architecture

Lingaraj Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Harihara, a form of Shiva and is one of the oldest temples of Bhubaneswar, the capital of the East Indian state of Odisha.

coastline · highway

Paradip, also spelt Paradeep, is a major seaport town and a designated notified area in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, India. Paradip Port is one of the Major Ports of India serving the Eastern and Central parts of the country.

Odisha also known as Orissa is an Indian state on the subcontinent's east coast, by the Bay of Bengal.It is surrounded by the Indian states of West Bengal to the north-east and in the east, Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west…

railway · architecture

A view of a train crossing the bridge from the Cuttack City side. Mahanadi Rail Bridge is a rail bridge over the Mahanadi near Cuttack in the Indian state of Odisha. The first Mahanadi Rail Bridge was opened on 1 January 1899.

hills

Dhauli hills are located on the banks of the river Daya, 8 km south of Bhubaneswar in Odisha (India).

A drive-through outside the High Court of Odisha in Cuttack, Orissa. The Odisha High Court is the High Court for the Indian state of Odisha.

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Visitors taking bath on Puri Beach. Puri Beach in Odisha is one of the most crowded beach in India. Puri Beach is a beach in the city of Puri in the state of Odisha, India. It is on the shore of the Bay of Bengal.

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

Millions of Indian devotees attend annual 'Chariot Festival' of Puri in Odisha, India. Ratha yatra, the Festival of Chariot : Chariots of Shri Jagannath is celebrated every year at Puri, the temple town in Odisha, on the second (dwitiya) da…

In a joint effort, Forest Department officials and Fire brigade personnel rescued a bear and its two cubs from a well in a forested area near Somanathpur under Kudumulugumma block in Odisha’s Malkangiri district.

coastline

Olive Ridley Turtle digging a nest-hole on the Rushikuliya beach in Orissa, India. The olive ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea), also known as the Pacific ridley, is a species of sea turtle.

hills

View of stone carved caves of Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves in Odisha, Inida. Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves are partly natural and partly artificial caves of archaeological, historical and religious importance near the city of Bhubaneswar…

river · temple

Chandrabhaga is situated three km east of the Sun temple of Konark and 30 km from Puri. Until recent years Chandrabhaga was considered a place of natural cure for lepers.

aerial

Aerials of Cyclone Fani hit areas in India. The rarest-of-the-rare summer Cyclone Fani has left people of Odisha in severe distress and has rendered millions, jobless.

dance

Odissi, also known as Orissi, is one of the eight classical dance forms of India. It originates from the state of Odisha, in eastern India. It is the oldest surviving dance form of India on the basis of archaeological evidences.

festival · temple

Devotees carrying deity inside the chariot during the annual Rath Yatra.Crowd across the country witness the famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath in the city of Puri, Odisha.

railway · architecture

Mahanadi Rail Bridge as seen from Mahanadi Road Bridge in Cuttack, Odisha, India. Viewer Debashis Jena tells us that "This is not mahanadi bridge... This bridge is over a dis-tributary of Mahanadi river..

street food · bazaar

Kachori is a spicy snack popular in various parts of India including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bengal and Orissa. It is a popular snack food in Karachi, Pakistan.