Morning city tour of Bhubaneswar. The well planned capital of Orissa, is a city of temples. It had 7000 temples at one time of which more than 500 remain today. These temples built over a period of one thousand years reflect the grandeur of high quality workmanship of Kalinga (ancient name of the State) temple art.Visit Temples like, PARASURAMESWAR (7th A.D.) famous for its latticed windows, MUKTESWAR (10th A.D.) with its profusion of wall carvings, LINGARAJ (11th A.D.) dominates the landscape rising to a high of 46 Mts. and finest representation of Kalinga Art, BINDUSAGAR the Ocean drop tank, RAJARANI (11th A.D.) with its Exquisite carvings and many more is a must for the visitors. After lunch proceed to Puri for overnight enroute visit Konark.Konark the magnificent SUN TEMPLE of India sheer poetry in stone is known as Black Pagoda. This 13th century temple is a magnet to the visitors from all over the world. The temple is in the architectural images of the mythical chariot of the Sun God here the Kalingan temple style has reached in its grand climax stage. The left structure standing among the sand dunes of the Seashore is the most impressive of the Orissa temples the horses at the entrance the encircling friezes, the chariot wheels are executed with exuberance.In the evening visit the market around the Jagannatha Temple.
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