PURI

A beautiful city surrounded by sandy beaches, one of the most sought out places for tourist residing in Odhisa (previously known as Orissa) , west Bengal and the surrounding areas,  the city is sitsuated 6o km from Bhubaneshwar (state capital) , on the eastern coast of the Bay Of Bengal, its also known as Jagannath Puri  after the Jagannath Puri, it’s an ancient temple built in 11^th century that truly glorifies Odhisa’s culture and simplicity. Puri has one of the best beaches in India, one can experience the nature’ beauty of sunrise and sunset in a most profound manner. It is also famous for the historic antiquities , Architectural Grandeur, religious Sanctuaries, A place  that eases one’s soul

PLACES TO VISIT

Chilika Lake: it is the largest brackish water lake in India, and second largest in world, it holds a picturesque sea-scape beauty, it’s a “never to be missed” part of the puri trip, in winter many migrating birds fly to Chilika lake every year, from Aral sea, Caspian sea etc, its home for 160 species of migrating birds, 14 types of raptures and around 135 rare and endangered Irrawaddy Dolphins. It’s a exotic experience to view this creatures and capturing them in camera

Jagannath Temple: It’s an ancient temple built in 11^th century, a Master piece of Architectural intelligence, it’s a epitome of beauty, it’s believed that the God resides here the ad the honest prayer in always answered. It still holds the age old culture of Odhisa, one can completely gets driven towards the divinity of this temple

Nalaban Island: This  15 km2  island, is a bird sanctuary it has many migrating birds and endangered fishes, it’s  one of the major attraction of the place.

Nilanjhar Fall:  This is an ideal place for pitching your picnic tent. The beautiful waterfall is located nearly 12 km from

Chilika Lake

HOW TO VISIT

By Air: Puri doesn’t have a airport, but one can board the flight from Bhubaneswar, 60 km.

By Rail: Its well connected with the rail lines to all the major cities, train is available almost all the time

By Road: It’s well connected national highway (no 5) of Chennai and Kolkata.  Satpara town on the eastern bank of the lake is about 50 km (30 mi) by road southwest of the city of Puri and at a distance of 100 km (60 mi) from Bhubaneswar

WHEN TO VISIT

The best time to visit puri is from September to March. It’s advisable to avoid visit puri in summer and in monsoon as the beaches will not be open, it has a uniform climate almost all the year, there are many hotels so staying is never an issue.