You can read the earlier posts: Day 1, Day 2(Part 1) and Day 2(Part 2) of the Orissa trip: After Udaygiri and Khandagiri Caves our guide told that the next and the last spot of our trip would be NandanKanan National Park, which is about 20 kms from Bhubaneswar. It is a biological park established in 1960 sprawling across the Chandaka forest. The Nandankanan national park … [Read more...]
Trip to Orissa: Day 2 (Part 2): Lingaraj Temple at Bhubaneswar, Udaygiri and Khandagiri Caves
You can read the previous posts on Day 1 and Day 2(Part 1) of the Orissa trip. After Dhauli hill our guide told that the next stop would be at Lingaraj temple, Bhubaneswar, which is located 8 kms. from Dhauli. The Lingaraj temple at Bhubaneswar dates from the 11th Century A.D. It is one of the grandest and loftiest (147 ft. high) temples in eastern India. The construction of … [Read more...]