Basudeba is Lord Krishna, an avataar of Lord Bishnu. The temple of Ananta Basudeba was constructed in the thirteenth century, and the complete murties of Krishna, Balarama and Subhadra are worshipped there. Balarama stands under a seven hooded serpent, Subhadra holds Jewels pot and lotus in her two hands keeping her left foot over…
Proving its growing popularity among students community, city’s heritage walk, the Ekamra Walks, on May 7 got several engineering students from the KIIT University as participants. They heard about the event from social media and made it their day on…
Crew members of AirAsia and media personnel from Malaysia took part in the weekly Ekamra Walk on Sunday. The heritage trip through the architectural treasures of Old Town saw 35 participants, including 11 from Air Asia. Like the crew members,…
Nirupama Hotels, one of the Odisha’s fastest growing hospitality brands, with an objective to promote less–hyped tourism destinations of the state has announced the launch of its fourth hotel at Dhabaleswar, here at Bhubaneswar. The official website, group brochure and…
The Old Town (Ekamra Kshetra), which is the heritage hub of the capital city, is now its cleanest neighbourhood. With the rising popularity of the Ekamra Walks, a heritage walk organised by the BMC and BDA every Sunday through its…
Introducing Odisha: An Architectural Odyssey, a book published by Bloomsbury India . Authors along with dedicated young Research team consisting of six architects traveled thousands of kilometers across Odisha. More than 130 sites were visited and documented. Out of which 68…
Mukteswar is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. This 10th century temple built in the year of AD 950, is an important transition point between the early and the later phases of the Kalinga school of…
Vaital temple is a living temple where Durga or Shakti is considered primary. Within its Jagamohana, it contains two images: a naga holding foliated vases along with one image of Mahisamardini, and latter only a Mahisamardini. (Jagamohana is an assembly…
Ekamra Kshetra, as the Heritage District was known in the past, will soon have 521 heritage signage to go in sync , which are presently dotted with normal signage and are often found as a gross mismatch to the city’s unique…
Chausathi Yogini Mahotsav, an annual festival of performing arts being hosted at the famed heritage site of 64-Yogini temple at Hirapur near bhubaneswar is a crowd-puller with a number of captivating performances. More details in the flyers. Read more on…