Odisha Culture and Religious Tour

India, the land of various cultures, heritage and diverse religions, is the only place where pilgrimage is not an alien word, tolerant and respectful towards all the religions and the religious places India receives a number of local and foreign pilgrims with open hands and gives them an experience of a lifetime. 

Having given birth to a number to religions like Buddhism, Sikhism and Jainism and adopting various other religious practices like Zoroastrianism and Jewish practices India continues to be at both the giving and the receiving ends, observing religious harmony and tolerance, pilgrimage tourism in India has attained unprecedented heights, acceptance and world recognition.

East India is the least visited region of India, yet it contains some of the country's most beautiful scenery, explore east India tours with its' remarkable monuments and vibrant culture centers likes the temples of Puri, Bhubaneswar and Konark are among the most notable and striking. Here is an opportunity for you to come and explore it on your own, here is the ideal tour of east India with perfectly backed by our travel and tourism services.

So feel the true divine power and bounties of God via the Pilgrimage Tours. No matter whether you are a Hindu or a Muslim, pilgrimage tours are meant for all, wash away all your sins by going on a pilgrimage and getting the blessings of god, pilgrimage tours will surely freshen up your mind & soul and will help you in learning more about life.

About Odisha

Odisha is a land of glamorous, plenty of sunshine, wide and clean beaches. Evergreen forest, unpolluted countryside, majestic monuments, time honored temples, communicative crafts, scintillating dance and music, traditional tribes mouth watering delicacies and a lot more make a try with Odisha amply rewarding infect is a kaleidoscope of all tourist desired destination that India offers. Explore Odisha and discover the soul of India.

Out of four Dham is related to Bhagaban Vishnu Satyayug, Bhagawan Ramchandra Tretayug, Bhagawan Krishna Dwaparyug, and Bhagawan Sri Jagannath Kaliyug,

Eight Wonders of the Jagannath Temple in Puri,

1.Flag always flaps in opposite direction of air.2. From any place in Puri you, will always find the Sudarshan Chakra (Chakra at top of Temple) facing you.
3. Normally during daytime, air comes from sea to land and during evening, the vice-versa occurs, however in Puri it is opposite,
4. No bird or planes fly above the Temple.
5. The shadow of the main dome is invisible at any time of the day.
6. The quantity of cooked food inside the Temple remains same for the entire year. But that same quantity of prasadam can feed few 1000 people and 20 lack people, still it will not be wasted,
7. In the Temple kitchen, seven pots are kept on each other and cooked on firewood, in this process the contents in the top pot gets cooked first and then the bottom one.
8. After entering from Singhadwara’s first step (from inside of the temple), you cannot hear any sound produced by the ocean, however, when you cross the same step (from outside of the temple) you can hear it. This can be noticed clearly during evening. 

Odisha” Arts & Crafts

Odisha’s rich cultural heritage and past history of different rulers its ancient art and architectures temples, monuments, math’s and inborn artistic qualities of oriyas signifies how this cultures flourished, during that period. The traditional artistic style of Odishi dance, Gotipua dance, Chhau dance, folk dance, and festivals of different God and Goddess in a calendar year are world famous and covers a lot of media attention so that visitors around the world enjoys throughout the year.

ARTS PERFORMANCE 

Odishi Dance, music, Chhau dance, Haiti Ghoda, Pala, Daskathia, Jatra

Danda Nata, Ghoomra, Karma, Kela Keluni, Naga dance, puppet Dance, Rama Leela

HANDICRAFTS
The major handicrafts of Odisha is appliqué work, brass and bell metal, Silver Filigrees stone carving , tribal combs ,wood carving, horn works and dhokra casting.

FINE ARTS
Painting of different God and Goddess, pattachitra, embroidery, naga meda.

TOURIST ATTRACTIONS: 

PLACES OF INTEREST: 

Some of the most popular places, depending upon your taste and time, tailor made itineraries can be prepared.

Bhubaneswar – called as the cathedral city of India is an important temples like lakhmaneswar and satrughaneswar group (6th century), Parsurameswar (7th century) Vaital (8th century) Mukteswar and Rajarani temple (10yh century), Lingaraj and Brahmeswar (11th century), state museum and tribal Museum, khandagiri and udayagiri Jain caves (1st-2nd century B.C.), Nandankan zoo (with white tiger), Dhauli santé stupa & Ashokan inscription (3rd century B C, Hirapur yogini shrine (8th -9th century), Pipili (appliqué work),

Konark - The sun temple a UNESCO world heritage monument (13th century), Chandrabhaga beach,

Puri - shri Jagannath temple (12th century), the golden sand beach, Raghurajpur (pattachitra)

Chilika Lake - Narayani temple, Rameswara temple, cruising in the lake, dolphin and bird watching, confluence of the lake & the sea at the new mouth,

Gopalpur – The virgin beach resort,

Koraput / Phulbani / Keonjhar – Tribal culture,
Ratnagiri / Lalitagiri / Udayagiri / Languli – Buddhist remains like chaitya vihar, stupa, sculpture, etc,

Bhitarkanika – national park and wildlife sanctuary (crocodiles, birds, olive ridley turtles)

Similipal – national park and wildlife sanctuary (tiger, leopard, elephant, birds, etc,

Chandipur – Unique beach where sea water recedes about five kilometers twice every day,

Sambalpur / Barapali / Sonepur – textile villages, leaning temple at Huma and many other beautiful places that one would never forget in his life.

Odisha Tour Packages provides tailor-made packages that will help your dream of holiday a hassle free and memorable one. If you prefer package holidays, please tell us type of resorts / hotels, types of transport covering bus services, car trips, as well as boat ferries and all themes likes Beaches, wildlife, Ayurveda / Spa etc

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