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Day-1 Kolkata / Bhubaneshwar.
Meals Included: Breakfast.
After breakfast this morning you’ll transfer to the Airport.
Check-in on the flight to Bhubaneshwar. On arrival you’ll be
met by our representative and transferred to your hotel.
This afternoon you’ll tour the temples of Bhubaneshwar.
There are 4 main temples. The Parameshwar, Mukteshwar, Raja
Rani and Lingaraj Temple. Overnight in Bhubaneshwar. TRIDENT
HILTON Hotel.
Day-2 Bhubaneshwar.
Meals Included: Breakfast.
After breakfast this morning, you’ll drive to Ratnagiri,
which houses the Tomb of the Chinese Pilgrim Husein P’Sang.
Visit the site and the excavations and the museum at
Ratnagiri. You’ll return back to Bhubaneshwar enroute
visiting Lalithagiri and Udayagiri Caves. Overnight in
Bhubaneshwar.
Day-3 Bhubaneshwar / Puri.
Meals Included: Breakfast.
After breakfast this morning you’ll begin drive to Hirapur.
You’ll visit one of the four 64 yogini Temples (of the
Tantrik Cult) of India, set amidst paddy fields in a
beautiful village. You’ll also witness the whole process of
bell metal craft in the village and also their co-operative.
Continue on the drive to Puri, enroute visiting Pipli
appliqué village and Raghurajpur known for its Patachitra
Paintings. Reach Puri and Check-Into the Hans Coco Palms
Hotel. Overnight in Puri.
Day-4 Puri / Bhubaneshwar.
Meals Included: Breakfast.
After breakfast this morning you’ll visit the Jagannath
Temple. This afternoon you’ll drive back to Bhubaneshwar,
enroute visiting the Sun Temle at Konark Overnight in
Bhubaneshwar.
Day-5 Bhubaneshwar / Next Destination.
After breakfast you’ll be transferred to the airport for
flight to your next destination.
Festivals:
KONARK DANCE FESTIVAL, Orissa (December )
The Konark Dance Festival brings to fore India’s eminent
classical dancers, who perform against the backdrop of the
floodlit Sun Temple. The temple has been described as a poem
in stone and is one of India’s greatest architectural
sights.
During the festival, the building reverberates with the
beats of Raga and Tala (rhythm and notes of Indian classical
music), as the performers present their interpretations of
various classical dance forms, including Odissi, Bharat
Natyam, Manipuri, Kathak and Chhau Dance.
RATH YATRA, Puri ( July )
Every year in July, the sacred coastal town of Puri
celebrates the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath The entire Ratha
Yatra is a symbolic humanization of God. All rituals
associated with the festival demonstrate an attempt to bring
God down from his pedestal of glory to a more human level.
On the day of the journey, a fabulous choice of Raths
(Chariots) is lined up for the deities. The deities are then
carried to their respective modes of transport. Each divine
chariot is swept with a golden broom and blessed with
scented water, by the king of Puri ( the human
representative of Lord Jagannath). The deities finally
embark on their journey, in resplendent chariots, pulled
along by enthusiastic devotees.
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