Ranked by how much each place adds to a visit, with realistic visiting times, opening hours and ticket prices.
6 places · showing 1–6
1
One of the four Char Dham shrines, built in the 12th century, home to the wooden images of Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra.
2
A 13th-century temple built as the sun god's chariot, with twenty-four carved stone wheels and seven horses, in ruins but astonishing.
3
Asia's largest brackish lagoon, with resident Irrawaddy dolphins at the sea mouth and over a million migratory birds in winter.
4
A wide golden beach along the town, busy with pilgrims at dawn, sand artists in the afternoon and a lit promenade at night.
5
A heritage crafts village where every one of the hundred-odd houses is a working studio for pattachitra scroll painting, palm-leaf…
6
A quiet, clean beach near Konark with a lighthouse, a bird-watching stretch and far fewer people than Puri.