Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Orissa state and popularly known as temple city. Bhubaneswar is a planned city located at south eastern part of the state. There are many famous temples with traditional engraved stone carving works around the city.

How to reach Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar is well connected in all transport means. Airport located within the city limit where regular flights from kolkata, Delhi, Visakhapatnam, Mumbai operates.

Bhubaneswar is the head quarter of South Eastern railway. It is located at a distance of 440 KM from kolkata in north direction and around 445 KM from Visakhapatnam to words south. Bhubaneswar railway station comes between main train lines connecting Kolkata to Chennai. All express and super fast trains stops at Bhubaneswar.

To words south at a distance of 20 KM from Bhubaneswar there is a station name Kurdaroad Junction and from here a branch line of distance 40 KM goes to words Puri popular for the famous Jagannatha temple. So Bhubaneswar is the main entry point for Puri by road. By road Puri is connected from Bhubaneswar known as Jagannatha Road ( distance 60 KM). There are direct trains from kolkata to Puri via Bhubaneswar and some weekly trains from south connects Puri.

By road Bhubaneswar is well connected. National Highway number 5 connecting Kolkata and Chennai passes through Bhubaneswar.

Bindusagar and Lingaraja temple

Many old temples with archeological importance are there around Bhubaneswar. Lingaraj temple, Rajarani temples are some of them. There is a state museum near Kalpana square where many traditional crafts and paintings are available.

Dhauligiri Shantistupa, Nandanakanan Zoo with lion and tiger safari ( distance 15 KM from city center) and Khandagiri and Udayagiri caves are some of the attractive places around Bhubaneswar.

Bhubaneswar is known as gateway to Puri.

Established in the year 1943, famous Utkal University is located here.

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