Overview
Konark is the reason most people come, and it lives up to it. The temple was built in the thirteenth century as a colossal stone chariot for the sun god — twenty-four carved wheels along its base, seven horses straining at the front, and the whole surface covered in figures. Much of the main tower has collapsed, which somehow makes what survives more impressive rather than less.
Around it the state fills out quickly. Bhubaneswar has hundreds of temples and a set of Jain caves cut into the hillside. Puri has the Jagannath temple and a working beach town. And Chilika, an hour further on, is the largest brackish lagoon in Asia, with resident Irrawaddy dolphins and a great deal of migratory birdlife through the winter.
We run 4 lengths of this trip. Pick one to see its route, its day-by-day plan and exactly what that version includes.
Bhubaneswar (2N) – Puri (2N)
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Bhubaneswar (2N) – Puri (2N) – Chilika Lake (1N)
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Bhubaneswar (2N) – Puri (2N) – Chilika Lake (1N) – Gopalpur (1N)
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Bhubaneswar (2N) – Puri (2N) – Chilika Lake (1N) – Gopalpur (1N) – Similipal National Park (1N) – Bhubaneswar (1N)
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