Religious Tourist Places in South India and Odisha

Pilgrimage tours packages are quite popular in India with lots of tourist attractions. In fact, there are a number of pilgrimage sites found in every region of the country. For unique and spiritual tour experience, you can select one or multiple religious destinations. These include many sites of different religious faiths counting Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Christianity, Sikkism, Parsis, Jainism and Judaism. People around the world choose India as their favorite religious tour hub.

Visiting Buddhism and Hinduism Sites with Odisha Tour Packages:

Odisha is home to people of various spiritual faiths including Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, and Buddhism. Pilgrimage sites of all these religions made it a wonderful spiritual tourist destination. You will find more number of temples, churches and other places with great religious significance here. Devotees of all religious faiths, around the world are being enticed through the historical and holy sites of Odisha.

The wildlife and tribal tours are other highlights of Odisha tourism and gaining more popularity day by day. Not only the geographical maps, this state bridges the cultural and spiritual atlas too.

• Hinduism – There are many prominent temples and sites available for the Hindu devotees. While planning to visit the Hindu temples and other tourist places in South India, you can add some places of Odisha to complement your spiritual trip. Lord Jagannath temple at Puri is the most popular and sacred site for Hindus. In the temple city Bhubaneswar, you will find hundreds of small and large temples of different Hindu Gods and Goddesses.
• Konark’s Sun Temple is a world heritage site and a much known tourist point for both local and international tourists. The archaeological site museum and the nearby Chandrabhaga beach entice more visitors.
• Buddhism – There are a number of pilgrimage sites featuring the culture of Buddhism too found on this region. Over last few years, the number of international tourists is rising through the agenda of Buddhist tourism in India. Most of the architectures found in Bhubaneswar and nearby tourist lands are influenced by Buddhism. Mukteswar Temple is a great instance that shows the glimpse of both Hinduism and Buddhism influences.
• While visiting the State Museum at Bhubaneswar, you can see many Buddhist Sculptors collected from different Budhist archeological sites of the state. The popularly known Peace Pagada at Dhauli in Bhubaneswar has the essence of this culture. Lalitigiri, Ratnagiri, and Udaygiri are the largest Buddhist monasteries in the state. You can consider adding all these places to the itinerary of selected Odisha tour packages.
• Other Attractions – The fairs and festivals of different religious groups make India and Odisha touristy, over the year. Khandagiri and Udaygiri Jain Caves are too attracting the tourists eventually. Odisha tourism does not promote the Hinduism sites only it is complementing the Buddhist tourism in India too. For exploring more religious and spiritual sites, tourist places in South India will make your trip idea all inclusive.

Odisha is now being considered as a major religious or spiritual tourist hub.

Ritesh Kumar also suggests Odisha tribal tour along with Odisha tour packages for travelers to explore the incredible parts of India.