Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Puri Jaganath - Orissa

We started our journey from Chennai.We reached Khurdha road .From Khurdha road , we left to Puri .We stayed in OTDC hotel "PanthanNivas".We stayed there for a night.That night we visited Puri Jaganath temple.The next day we had a camel ride in the Puri beach.The Jaganath temple was very beautiful.The carvings and paintings were indeed lovely.Jagannath Puri Dham  is situated on the sea shore of the Bay of Bengal in the State of Orissa (India). It is one of thefour Holy Kshetras of India including temples at Rameshwaram, Dwaraka, Badrinath and Puri.
Puri is famous for its Historic antiquities ,Religious sanctuaries , Architectural Grandeur , Sea-scape beauty,and moderate climate.It boasts of a continuous history from the 3rd Century B.C. to the present day and its unique monuments like those of Sri jaganath at Puri , the Sun Temple at Konark are the famous in the world. It has the Chilika lake  , one of the largest  brackish water lakes in India, that holds a picturesque Sea-Scape  beauty.





Caution:
At the Puri Jaganath temple ,  we were cheated by a Pandit.

Since there was a heavy crowd to have the  Darshan.The Pandit used the opportunity and told us that he would take us with ease  ,if we pay him 100 Rupees.And we did.But he did not take us with ease.Instead we got stuck in a stampede and I had to push my way out to protect my kids , who were being crushed..