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Orissa has some of the very attractive places for the tourists. Orissa is one of the most favored tourist destinations in India. Its a very sacred place for the Hindus. Some of temples like the Jagannath temple, Lingraja temple, Sun temple etc. draw innumerable tourists every year. The holy Rath yatra is conducted in Puri.
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With a unique combination of temples, jungles and beaches, Orissa is an enchanting destination, set on the coast of the Bay of Bengal. Although the state has no dearth of infrastructure, it lies largely undiscovered. Of late Orissa has started getting due attention from the international tourists. If you wish to visit the temples with intricate sculpture, wild lives in natural setting, exotic tribes and last but not the least important, the sun kissed beaches, don't wait.
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Orissa was originally inhabited by the aboriginal tribes, the Buiyas and Gonds. They confined themselves to the forest and hills when the Dravidian race settled here. Orissa was known as Kalinga in the early period.

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Orissa boasts of a long and rich cultural heritage. Due to the reigns of many different rulers in the past, the culture, arts and crafts of the state underwent many changes, imitations, assimilations and new creations, from time to time. The artistic skill of the Orissan artists is unsurpassable in the world. The discovery that traditional artists still live and work throughout Orissa, producing various objects in many media, is an exciting part of any visit to the state.
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The state of Orissa is home to the rare breed of White Tigers and has an abundance of other faunal varieties huddled in its many wildlife parks and sanctuaries. With Orissa's long coastline dotted with offshore islands, lagoons, salt flats and deltas along the Bay of Bengal, it is possible to forget that inland, to the west, there are large areas of mountainous forest running into Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh
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The dynamic topographical variations of Orissa offer the more intrepid visitors an excellent opportunity to enjoy their diversity, and there by take hack stimulating memories of a great vacation. The virgin beaches, the limpid waters of the lakes, the gushing rivers energetically merging with the sunlit sea, the deep forest cover and the incredible wildlife----- the gem-like facets of this emerald state - are a joy to the nature reveller and the adventurer.
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Orissa is popular with tourists for its temple complexes, glorious beaches, tribal traditions, spectacular waterfalls, fertile river basins, lakes and wildlife sanctuaries. The list is endless and also includes festivals like Holi, Diwali, Dusshera, Mahashivratri etc. that are celebrated by India as a whole.