Best Places to Visit in Odisha

Jagannath Temple, Puri

A 12th-century Vaishnavite temple on the Odisha coast whose 65-metre shikhara dominates the Puri skyline — one of the four Char Dhams and the setting for the annual Rath Yatra, when the deities ride 16-wheeled chariots pulled by 4,000 devotees through a two-km avenue of a million pilgrims.

Konark Sun Temple

A 13th-century UNESCO temple carved as the chariot of the Sun God Surya — 24 enormous stone wheels, seven stone horses and thousands of erotic and astronomical sculptures on the Bay of Bengal coast.

Puri Beach

A major pilgrimage center and beach destination, home to the Jagannath Temple.

Konark Sun Temple: The Stone Chariot That Rises From The Bay of Bengal

Hampi: Walking Through the Ruins of the Last Great Hindu Empire

Madurai’s Meenakshi Temple: 33,000 Sculptures and 2,500 Years of Dravidian Devotion

Tirupati: The World's Richest Temple and the 30 Million Pilgrims Who Climb to Its Gates