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Bhubaneswar |
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Bhubaneswar is the capital of Orissa. The name Bhubaneswar refers to the ?Lord of all God?. Bhuban stands for ?The World? and Iswar stands for ?God?. It is a walk down centuries of temple architecture, With 600 temples still extant, temples are to this ancient city as forts are to Rajasthan.
It is probably the only city in the world that enables an authentic over-view of the stages of development of Hindu religious architecture. Beside being the capital of ancient Kalinga, Bhubaneswar is known as Temple Town and Cathedral City on account of its many temples in the extravagant Orissan style. Modern Bhubaneswar is delightfully rural for a state capital that administers the affairs of 25 million Orissans. Temples in Bhubaneshwar are built on a common plan as prescribed by Hindu norms.
Rourkela
Rourkela came into prominence in 1955 is situated in an area with the richest deposit of mineral wealth in Orissa. It is a very large industrial city surrounded by hills.It is covering an area of 9,472 sq. kms. with a population of 15,73,617. It is the most convenient base for visiting other interesting places in the Sundargarh district.
Cuttack
Cuttack, the former capital and one of the oldest cities of Orissa is the administrative headquarters of the district. The town is situated at the apex of the delta formed by the rivers Mahanadi in the North and Kathajodi in the South. It serves as a convenient base for touring the various places of interest in the district.The city has much more glimpses to attract the travelers like Stone Revetment of Cuttack, Barabati Fort, Temple of Cuttack Chandi, Quadam-i-Rasool.
Konark
The city of Konark is best popular for its ?Sun Temple?.It is a magnificent creation of the Orissan temple architecture, and one of the most stunning monuments of religious architecture in the world. The poet Rabindranath Tagore said of Konark that 'here the language of stone surpasses the language of man', and it is true that the experience of Konark is impossible to translate into words. |
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