Best places to visit in odisha

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Puri the abode of lord jagganath, Puri is considered one of the four dhams or hindu pilgrimagecentres. A beautiful destination all year round, Puri is famously known for 'Rathyatra' that commences every year in july, we decided to stop over at Bhubaneswar and Puri an idealweekend getaway from kolkata while taking a road trip across India,Here is an account of ourmesmerising visit:-
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Every year lots of pilgrims visit to worship the lord Jagganath in the holyland, the'Rathyatra' is world wide famous pilgrims pull the chariot of the lord.
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Puri is not abigcity, the only prominent market is along the Jagganath temple area, it ishere that we spotted some savoury snacks that looked really tempting from farbutoncloser we had to change our mind as because of flies.
 Another major attraction is puribeach the beach with a great current of waves,peoplelike the enjoyment on the beach, and relaxing on the beach with a coconut water inhand, various sand artists over there display their beautiful work on the sand's of thebeach,various water activities over there include motor bike,parachute,bananaride etc.,

Bhubaneswar:-
 lingaraj temple-It is an ancient temple with great religious importance dedicated toLordShiva. It is visited by a huge number of devotees through out the year.

 Hirakuddam-constructed across the mahanadi river in orissa, hailed as one of thelongest man made dams in the world. A number of migratory birds fly towards thisdestination in winter. Any nature lover will love the quaint atmosphere and lushgreenery that is in abundance at the hirakuddam.

 Udayagiri and khandgiri caves-The part natural and part artificial caves.The cavescontain several jain temples and monasteries. It is again an exemplary of somefinestone carving by the kalinga artisans.

Dhaulihills-
located at the banks of the day a river,dhaulihill is considered to
be the place where ancient kalinga war took place.A peace pagoda namedthe shantistupa was built here in the 1700s by the Japanese buddhasanghaand the kalinga nippon buddha sangha.

 Nandan kanan zoological park-spread across a massive area of 900acrescontains a zoo and botanical park.The zoo contains several rare andendangered species such as whitetiger, asiaticlions. Make sure to visit theplace on the winter afternoon to get the best out of the place.

When to go:-The best time is possibly the whole year because of the moderatetemperature,avoid during the rathyatra as because huge rush will be there,to get the bestpossible out of there one should visit in between November-March.

Narration by-Sahil Jaiswal