What every Indian should know about Odisha.

Odisha geography:

Odisha is a state in the Republic of India. It is situated in the eastern part of the country. It is surrounded by West Bengal to the north-east and in the east, Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west and north-west and Andhra Pradesh to the south. The state has an area of 155,707 km² and extends for 800 kilometres from north to south and 500 kilometres from east to west. Its coastline is 480 kilometres long. The state is divided into 30 districts which are further subdivided into 314 blocks.

 

State Animal:

Sambar deer

 

State Bird:

Indian Roller

State Flower:

Asoka flower

Our Food:

Chenna Poda: 




Malpua: Sweetest pancake ever



Arisa Pitha: 



Poda Pitha: 



Khaja: 




Mahaprasad: 




Odissi Dance:

Odissi or Orissi is one of the pre-eminent classical dance forms of India which originated in the Hindu temples of the eastern coastal state of Odisha in India. Its theoretical base trace back to ‘Natya Shastra’, the ancient Sanskrit Hindu text on the performing arts.

Famus places in odisha:

Puri Jagannath temple: 



Chilika Lake: 



Udaygiri caves:




Bhitarkanika Ntional Park:



Nandankanan Zoo:



Chandipur Beach: 




Konark SunTemple:




The Barabati Stadium in Cuttack: 




Patachitra art :




The Olive Ridley Turtles:

The majority of Olive Ridleys nest in two or three large groups near Gahirmatha in Odisha. In 1991, over 600,000 turtles nested along the coast of Odisha in one week.



Sand Art:

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik single handedly bought Odisha to the international attention.He was awarded the Padma Shri by Government of India in 2014. Below is one of his beautiful sand art.



Rath Yatra: