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Incredibly lush and fertile, Orissa has long enchanted the most discriminating sojourners in Asia. Temples and turtles are the order of the day in Orissa. As its 62 tribes more and more come into the limelight, Orissa is set to make as stronger pitch.
Since time immemorial, Orissa has always been the apple of everyone’s eyes. At this moment, all roads lead to Konark. If any road map of Orissa were to let on, Konark has the crowning pieces of Orissan architecture, for a marvelous edifice only known as the Sun Temple. Erected in the 13th century, the monument is a certified World Heritage site. If anything, its entrance hall, or Mukhashala, screams for attention.
Yet the Temple City of India is not Konark but Bhubaneshwar. As the capital of the kingdom of Kalinga, Bhubaneswar was once the home of prolific builders of temples. The spire of the Lingaraj Temple, the white dome of the Peace Pagoda, and the towering foundations of the Ochre temple of Mahavir Jina dominate horizons here.
Bhubaneswar may be the state capital today, but in olden days the people only speak of Cuttack. With that, the city is pushing over a thousand years of history, right from the time of King Ananga Vim Dev III.
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