EXPLORE ORISSA

Orissa, a land of passion, for beautiful landscapes, abruptly described as a  kiss on the cheek of earth for eternity, is  surrounded by  the Bay of  Bengal  in the eastern side of India, bordened the slow  pace of water. This ancient land    situated amidst  beautiful lushy green mountains of the eastern ghats.

Orissa is considered to be India's one of the most hidden splendid cultural landscape. A turbulentopen auditorium, where the lingering  mist of its murky past coaxed easily with the pleasant and bright sunshine of its ongoing heydays. Excepting the coastal strip, most parts of ancient Kalinga betterly known as modern Orissa are still covered  with hills and forests. The shady hills, dense forests & dancing streams and  the upper wrenches of the big rivers that are located in this beautiful land can hold any one spellbound. The tools of this culture  occurring in the secondary laterite pits and cemented coarse gravel of the river sections, are generally made out of the coarse grain quartzite. This is the country of  the ancient Kalinga, where flows the river Vaitarani.

Orissa offers a kaleidoscope of sensitive visuals and of natural landscapes for her ancient cultural heritage. In Orissa, the art & architecture have been connected with each other in such a manner that  it is difficult to separate one  from the other. This has provided a justification to deal with  them  together. Its   magnificent  temples, monuments, shrines reverberates with the spiritual energy that permeates the very fabric life amongst her people.

The existing ancient monuments of Orissa covers a period of   two thousand years and present a varied and interesting stories.  The existing   temples of Orissa forms the highest numbers in India.