Bhubaneswar

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Bhubaneswar is the capital of the East Indian state of Orissa.

Contents 1 Understand 2 Get in 2.1 By plane 2.2 By train 2.3 By car 2.4 By bus 2.5 By boat 3 Get around 4 See 5 Do 6 Learn 7 Work 8 Buy 9 Eat 9.1 Budget 9.2 Mid-range 9.3 Splurge 10 Drink 11 Sleep 11.1 Budget 11.2 Mid-range 11.3 Splurge 12 Contact 13 Stay safe 14 Cope 15 Get out 16 External links

Understand

Get in

By plane

By train

By car

By bus

By boat

Get around

See

Bhubaneswar is also known as the temple city and there are many excellent examples of Oriya architecture in the old part of the city.

• The Lingaraj temple is famous in India for worshippers of Shiva but foreigners are not permitted inside. However there is a viewing platform next to one of the boundary walls

• Bindu sarovara is a large lake near to Lingaraj and Ananta Vasudeva temples where there is a drop (bindu) of every holy river in it.

• Nandankanan Zoo is about 15 km outside of Bhubaneswar and has some rare species of animals.

• Biju Patnaik Park, pleasant landscaped gardens with fountains. Open after 4pm daily.

• If you want to go inside a Hindu temple the devotees at the Sri Sri Krishna Balarama Mandir (ask the autorickshaw drivers for ISKCON, it is about RS 40 from town) are friendly and there is a cheap and clean vegetarian restaurant.

Do

Learn

Work

Buy

Eat

Budget

• Hare Krishna restaurant (near the train station). Vegetarian.

Mid-range

Splurge

Drink

Sleep

Budget

• Sri Krishna Hotel (near the rail station) Rs. 500. Staff are friendly and helpful.

Mid-range

Splurge

• Mayfair Lagoon with a swimming pool.
• Swosti Plaza They have quite a good bakery.
• Oberoi
• Ashok Kalinga
• Shishmo

Contact

Stay safe

Cope

Get out

External links

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