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Posted: Aug 24, 2014
Odisha tourist places introduce most untouched beauty to come front and let visitors to come this bewildering destination again and again. Orissa is filled with rich flora and fauna, wildlife, colorful festivals, amazing beaches and with glorious history. To visit Odisha, travel companies have customized varied packages based on the visitor’s interest. People throughout the world, mostly love to make their tour to Puri.
As Puri is a known destination in world map due to its Lord Jagannath temple and car festival. So by adding surrounded tourist places in Puri travel companies have prepared amazing tourist destinations for tourists.
Being populated with a large number of ancient temples, Odisha tourism places include a number of other attractions to drag not only pilgrims but also to those visitors who are coming for adventure and to see different places to get peace of mind during their holiday.
Puri, the world renowned place situated on the Bay of Bengal is getting popular for its Jagannath temple. The temple was built in the 11th century and Puri is one of the holiest Dhams of Hindu mythologies. Puri tourism includes golden beaches, Puri temple, the Rath Yatra, the Sun temple at Konark etc.
Jagannath Temple
This Hindu temple is believed to be one of the four Dhams of India. Lord Jagannath is believed to be an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The temple is built by king Ananta Verman Chodaganga Dev. The temple complex is made over 410,000 square feet with total height of 65 meters. The main function of this temple is the Rath Yatra, which is a world famous celebration. To see the car festival, people from different company also gather the Puri. The other famous ancient temples included in tour to Puri are Gundicha temple, Swarga Dwara, Mausimaa temple etc.
Sun Temple
Sun temple is dedicated to Lord Sun, which is located in Konark. This temple is built in the 13th century and known for its rich past. The Sun temple is built in the shape of a chariot, with seven horses. It is situated 35 kms from Puri and famous for its unmatched craving. Every year's Konark festival is another renowned festival of Odisha. A Different kind of cultural dance forms are presented here during Konark festival, every year.
Puri Beaches
The golden beaches of Puri are another attraction of this land. Whoever comes to Puri tourism won't miss their visit to natures' blessed place. The beauty of the beaches, cool wind, quiet ambience, sunset and the small shops near the beach makes it an amazing ambience every evening. The Puri beach festival also a famous celebration happened on sands to introduce the Odiya culture in front of the world.
Visit www.orissatourism.org for more information.