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chilka satapada boats

Chilika Mahotsav 2013, cultural festival begins at Satapada

The Odisha state government on Friday organized the Chilika Mahotsav, a two-day cultural programme at Satapada in Puri district to tap the tourism potential of Chilika Lake, the largest brackish water lake in Asia....
The 14th Chandipur beach festival

14th Chandipur Beach Festival 2012

The 14th Golden Beach Festival in Chandipur was inagurated on Thursday.  The four-day cultural extravaganza was inaugurated by minister for tourism and culture Maheswar Mohanty. Odissi dance ballet by Guru Ratikant and his troupe...
Puri Beach Festival 2012

Special discount during 18th International Puri Beach Festival

The 18th International Puri Beach Festival to start from November 23, 2012. This was decided at a high level meeting presided by  Tourism Minister Maheswar Mohanty. A preparatory meeting was held under chairmanship of...
fragrant flower garden bhubaneswar

New fragrant flower garden blooms on Bhubaneshwar tourism map

The temple city added a new and unique spot in its tourist map, which is not only a visual beauty but also provides olfactory pleasure. Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday inaugurated a fragrant...
Sea beach puri

Odisha Govt bans polythene, gutkha packets on Puri beach

The Odisha state government has imposed a blanket ban on the use of polythene and gutkha packets on Puri beach. The move to keep the tourist spot clean and pollution-free came after a proposal...
chalk painting and Sand art

3D Chalk Painting And Sand Art Jugalbandi On Puri Beach

Tourists and citizens of Puri will get to witness a unique ‘jugalbandi’ of two world class artists of two different art forms in the first week of February. Audiences will be treated to a...

Gotipua Dance Festival 2011

The Gotipua Dance Festival 2011 has started in Rabindra Mandap of Bhubaneswar Orissa from Tuesday. Orissa tourism is the main organiger. Gotipuas of Konark Natya Mandap and Chandrasekhar Gotipua Kala Sansad from Brahmagiri mesmerised...
Orissa Goa Tourism

Odisha, Goa Sign MoU to Promote Tourism

Odisha and Goa have jointly decided to promote tourism in the two states on mutually beneficial terms. The two states have signed a MoU to increase tourist inflow to both states. “This will be...
Rath Yatra

OTDC announces Rath Yatra packages

The Orissa Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) has announced special tour packages for devotees from Bhubaneswar, Sambalpur, Rourkela and Berhampur to visit Puri on the occasion of Rath Yatra, to be celebrated on July 3....

Orissa Travel Mart, to be held in August-September 2010

Orissa Tourism is planning to organize Orissa Travel Mart (OTM) this year. The proposed travel mart, according to Debi Prasad Mishra, Minister of Higher Education and Tourism, Government of Orissa, will be organised some...