“Kenduli Sasan” is a village in Odisha near Prachi river. Indian literature refers to this place by the name Kenduvilwa/Kenduvilva/Kinduvilwa/Tinduvilwa etc etc… One can reach the village by taking multiple routes. One of the routes as below:- Bhubaneswar Railway station…
Around 69,722 Olive Ridley sea turtles, mainly found in the warm waters of Pacific and Indian Oceans, have arrived at the Gahirmatha beach to lay eggs. An estimated 69,722 female turtles were spotted digging pits on the sandy nesting ground…
The revamp plan, which involves both the central and state government, coincides with the Nabakalebar festival of Lord Jagannath and his siblings. While the Union textiles ministry will give Rs 10 crore under the newly launched crafts village scheme, the…
Renowned Sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo has created this awesome art in Puri beach Odisha to mark the occasion of Womens Day.
A garden in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar is reserved exclusively for bamboo trees. The well-preserved garden is located inside the Medicinal Plant Knowledge Centre (MPKC) set up by the state government’s forest and environment department at Patrapara on the outskirts of…
India has sent a revised list of 46 monuments and sites across the country for inclusion in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) catalogue of World Heritage Sites, including Odisha’s Chilika lake.
Hello everybody, this post is about my recent roadtrip to Satkosia, Mahendragiri, the lesser known and less touristy places of Odisha (Orissa). This would be more of a pictographic/photographic representation of Odhisa through my eyes. Satkosia :- A wildlife forest…
The first-ever headcount operation of these marine animals, conducted recently, has come out with sighting of 270 dolphins. Significantly, the census figure found more dolphins inhabiting in Gahirmatha under Bhitarkanika national park than the Chilika lake, an internationally acclaimed Ramsar…
Remember this picture and video from a few days back when this was shot using a drone? Odisha government has decided to declare the area in and around the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri as a no flying zone during…
Hirakud Dam, Asia’s largest earthen dam, attracts a large number of tourists both from inside and outside the state. Apart from the dam, the Nehru Park and Gandhi Minar near the dam are other major attractions. The ropeway project is…