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Top 21 Major Attractions and Beautiful Places You Must Visit in Odisha. Odisha,The ancient kingdom of Kalinga known for its rich culture and the enormous number of ancient temples.   Major attractions of Odisha  includes Temple of Bhubaneshwar,Handicrafts Villages,Sand Art at Puri Beach,Hot Springs, Bhitarkanika National Park, World Heritage Sites,Tribal Villages,Waterfalls,Gahirmatha Beach and Buddhist Sites. Jagannath Temple The ancient temple of Lord Jagannatha is a famous sacred Hindu temple,located on the eastern coast Puri. Shree Jagannath temple is famous for its annual Rath Yatra and one of the holiest Hindu Char Dham sites. Lingaraja Temple Lingaraj Temple is one of the oldest temples in capital city of Bhubaneswar and one among  the 12 most famous non-Jyotirlinga temples of Lord Shiva . The temple is the most prominent landmark of the Bhubaneswar city and one of the major tourist attractions of the state.. Konark Sun Temple Konark Su

"India is, the cradle of the human race, the birthplace of human speech, the mother of history, the grandmother of legend, and the great grandmother of tradition. Our most valuable and most instructive materials in the history of man are treasured up in India only." These are not our words. These are the words of the great Mark Twain. And here are 25 Indians facts to support his statement: 1. A floating post office India has the largest postal network in the world with over 1, 55,015 post offices. A single post office on an average serves a population of 7,175 people. The floating post office in Dal Lake, Srinagar, was inaugurated in August 2011. 2. Kumbh Mela gathering visible from space The 2011 Kumbh Mela was the largest gathering of people with over 75 million pilgrims. The gathering was so huge that the crowd was visible from space. 3. The wettest inhabited place in the world Mawsynram, a village on the Khasi Hills, Meghalaya, receives the highest re

23 Mind Blowing Facts About Kolkata Even Bengalis Hardly Know Whenever we claim of knowing a place perfectly, we basically rejoice in knowing only the locally known facts. None of us actually do a deep research and delve into the not-so-known aspects of the place. Well, let’s do that now, and what’s a better place than Kolkata to start with: the perfect amalgam of old world charm and modernity. 23. Move over Mumbai and Bangaluru; in terms of  area covered , Kolkata is the second-largest city in India, after New Delhi. 22. To the British rulers, Kolkata, the then Calcutta, was the most important city in India (it was India’s capital too), and the second most important city of the whole British Empire, after London. 21. You often refer to the city as the “city of joy”, but did you know its other names—“city of palaces”, “city of processions” and the “cultural capital of India”? 20. In terms of the unique trains it daily handles, the Howr