A quiet, clean beach near Konark with a lighthouse, a bird-watching stretch and far fewer people than Puri.
Combine with the Sun Temple. Cleaner and calmer than Puri beach, and the Magha Saptami festival in January or February fills it with pilgrims at dawn.
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A 13th-century temple built as the sun god's chariot, with twenty-four carved stone wheels and seven…
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A wide golden beach along the town, busy with pilgrims at dawn, sand artists in the afternoon and a lit…
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One of the four Char Dham shrines, built in the 12th century, home to the wooden images of Jagannath…
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A heritage crafts village where every one of the hundred-odd houses is a working studio for pattachitra…