Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has launched e-ticketing facilities at Sun Temple, Udaygiri and Khandagiri, Rajarani Temple and Ratnagiri and Lalitgiri from today.Along with the five sites, the facilities have also been made available at Konark and Ratnagiri museums. Though…
Sandwiched between the thickly forested Eastern Ghat hills and the Bay of Bengal, the region in the country’s East once boasted of over 7,000 temples. With time, the number has significantly depleted, but there is abundance enough to command…
Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man. —Rabindranath Tagore Konark Sun Temple situated in Odisha, India is a temple dedicated to Sun God, Surya. It was built on the shores of Chandrabagha Beach but the waterline slowly…
I have always been fascinated on the subject of British interventions in India’s rediscovery in the 19th century. Well, coming from Odisha, her re-discovery in the 19th century occupies a larger space in my heart. In the beginning of the…
A Son et Lumiere, or a sound and light show, will soon begin at Odisha’s famous 13th century Sun Temple at Konark in a bid to ramp up tourist footfalls to the state, a minister has said. The Archaeological Survey…
“Swachh Parayatan Mobile App” was launched by Dr. Mahesh Sharma, the Minister of State (I/C) for Tourism & Culture and Minister of State for Civil Aviation at a function here today. This project is being implemented by the Ministry of…
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patanaik on Monday proposed Wipro chief Azim Premji to set up a Global Training Centre at Puri- Koark Marine drive for which land has been identified. During discussion with the Wipro chief, he also proposed him…
The Hindu writes: A massive replica of the iconic wheel of the Sun Temple of Konark was installed at beach on Friday. The 18-foot diameter FRP installation is an exact replica of the iconic Wheel of the Sun Temple at Konark,…
To promote cycling as a body-fit-maker means of communication, an innovative programme, ‘Tour de Konark’, is going to be organised today with participations of representatives of more than 200 organisations, comprising educational institutions, NGOs, corporate houses and cycling clubs and Government employees.…