Odisha Tourism 3.59

Odisha is a place like no other, a glowing green jewel of a state. On the east, 300 miles (482 km) of gentle coastline are open to the Bay of Bengal, while the high hills and mountains of the Eastern Ghats seal the western borders. In between, lie 96,000 square miles (156,000 sq kms) of peaceful, rural beauty. Odisha is home to three mighty rivers and to the largest fresh/salt water lake in Asia, to dozens of the most sacred places of pilgrimage in India, and to hundreds of thousands of small, traditional villages, in which almost all of her 26 million people live. Only four cities have more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, and Odisha's urban and rural populations alike share a strong sense of the holiness of their beautiful land and of their enduring links with the past.

Attraction: Beaches, Waterfalls, Hindu Temples, Jain Monuments, Handicrafts, Performing arts, Lakes, Hot springs, Buddhist Monuments, Fine arts, Handlooms.