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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar became the modern capital of the state of Orissa in 1948, a year after India gained its independence from Britain.
Bhubaneswar is a planned city which was designed by the German town planner Otto H.Koenigsberger.The city is inhabited by over a million people and maintains a high rate of population growth.
It is close to the Bhubaneswar to Puri road, on the east side of Bindu-sarovara, northeast of the Lingaraja temple.
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 City guide- Orissa- Bhubaneswar- Introduction
Bhubaneswar ('The Lord of the Universe') is the capital of Orissa.
Beside being the capital of ancient Kalinga, Bhubaneswar is known as Temple Town and Cathedral City on account of its many temples in the extravagant Orissan style.
Modern Bhubaneswar is delightfully rural for a state capital that administers the affairs of 25 million Orissans.
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 Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is essentially a town of Temples and tanks, with the majestic Lingaraja temples dominating the landscape for miles around.
It is one of the few places in India, which have the rare distinction of having archaeological remains almost from the dawn of the historical period down to the end of the Hindu rule.
The earlier temples of Bhubaneswar teem with the representations of this deified teacher.
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The regional language of the city is Oriya belonging to Aryan family of languages and is closely associated to Assamese, Bengali and Maithili.
Bhubaneswar holds an opulent artistic tradition, which enjoyed reform custom from the temples.
It is the best preserved and most impressive of Bhubaneswar's early temples.
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 Trident Hilton Bhubaneswar hotel - Hotels in Bhubaneswar - Hilton International
Stroll among 14 acres of lush mango and coconut groves at the Trident Hilton Bhubaneswar hotel.
Guests of the Trident Hilton Bhubaneswar hotel love the fish curries and international dishes at this popular Bhubaneswar restaurant, open 24 hours.
Linger over a digestif at this alfresco Bhubaneswar bar which opens its barbecue at weekends for guests of the Trident Hilton Bhubaneswar hotel.
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 Tourist Destinations in Orissa - Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa, is also popularly known as the "Temple City of India".
Bhubaneswar is the place where temple building activities of Orissan style flowered from its very inception to its fullest culmination extending over a period of over one thousand years.
Approach: Bhubaneswar is well connected by air, rail and road to the rest of India.
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It is one of the few places in India, which have the rare distinction of having archaeological remains almost from the dawn of the historical period down to the end of the Hindu rule.
At Dhauli, 8-km, south of Bhubaneswar, one come across one of the earliest inscribed records of India-a set of edicts of the great emperor Ashoka (circa 272-36 B.C.) of the Mauryan dynasty.
Though Buddhism declined in Bhubaneswar with the growing influence of the Saiva Pasupata sect, Jainism maintained its hold on these two hills even in the days of the Bhuama-Kara and Somavamsi kings as attested by the inscribed records thereon.
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 Bhubaneswar travel guide - Wikitravel
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the East Indian state of Orissa.
Bhubaneswar is on NH 5 which links Kolkata with Chennai.
Bhubaneswar is also known as the temple city and there are many excellent examples of Oriya architecture in the old part of the city.
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Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa, is also popularly known as the "Temple City of India".
Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 Police in Orissa have arrested a top Maoist leader alleged to be involved in dozens of crimes, including an attack on the house of a former state minister
Bhubaneswar, August 15: Wonder kid Budhia Singh said he would never hit the tracks again as he unfurled the tricolour in the Atsalia Sahi slum where he has been living with his mother after being separated from his trainer Biranchi Das.
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  ICLEI South Asia: bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is the modern capital of Orissa and popularly known as "Temple Metropolis of India" located on the eastern coast of India.
Bhubaneswar is also well known for its cultural heritage and attracting millions of tourist both from India and abroad.
Geographically, Bhubaneswar is situated in the eastern coastal plains of Orissa and south-west of the river Mahanadi whose tributaries like Kuakhai, Bhargavi and Daya wash the fingers of this city.
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  Bhubaneswar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bhubaneswar became the modern capital of the state of Orissa in 1948, a year after India gained its independence from Britain.
Bhubaneswar is the place where temple building activities of Orissan style flowered from its very inception into its fullest culmination extending over a period of over one thousand years.
Bhubaneswar is situated between 21° 15' North Latitude 85° 15' Longitude and at an altitude of 45 meters above sea level, the average temperatures range between 15 °C in the winter to a maximum of 40 °C to 45 °C in the summer.
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 Bhubaneswar Summary
Bhubaneswar is the place where temple building activities of Orissan style flowered from its very inception into its fullest culmination extending over a period of over one thousand years.
Bhubaneswar is situated between 21° 15' North Latitude 85° 15' Longitude and at an altitude of 45 meters above sea level, the average temperatures range between 15 °C in the winter to a maximum of 40 °C to 45 °C in the summer.
Bhubaneswar is directly connected by rail with Kolkata, Puri, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Tirupati, Ahmedabad, Jaipur and Trivandrum.
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 Bhubaneswar — The Cathedral of The East
The capital of the East Indian state of Orissa, Bhubaneswar extends from latitude 20°15' North to longitude 85°52' East.
The area around Bhubaneswar constituted the famed kingdom of Kalinga, which was conquered after a bloody battle by Ashoka, the great Mauryan emperor.
Bhubaneswar is directly connected by rail with Calcutta, Puri, Madras, Delhi, Bombay, Bangalore, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Tirupati, and Trivandrum.
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 Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar today a town of hundreds of Temples though many more have been destroyed over the ages.
In Bhubaneswar, the 8th-century Vaital temple has a reputation of being a powerful tantrik center.
The earliest group of the extant temples, of which the Parasuramesvara temple is the best preserved, was most probably built during the first quarter of the 7th century A.D. The building activity was in full swing until about the beginning of the 12th century.
www.spiritualjourneys.net /Venues/Bhubaneswar.htm   (631 words)

  
 Bhubaneswar travel guide
Bhubaneswar, Capital of Orissa, is known for its splendid Buddhist and Hindu temples.
Bhubaneswar is a modernly built city with fine, wide roads, with a nice juxtaposition of modern and ancient buildings.
Bhubaneswar industry is centered around textiles, and the city is a link in India's weaving belt that stretches to the Northeast Hill States.
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 ICLEI South Asia: bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar city is an historic city and is one of the first two planned capitals of independent India.
Bhubaneswar is a dynamic city with one of the fastest growth rates, due to high flows of immigrants from various parts of Orrisa.
Bhubaneswar was established in 1952 as a Notified Area Council, which was further upgraded to Municipality in 1979 and Municipal Corporation in 1992.
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 Bhubaneshwar
Bhubaneswar, the capital of an ancient state, is a sprawling city, now divided into old and new parts.
The presiding deity of Lord Shiva is represented in the form of a massive granite linga, eight feet in diameter and nine feet in height.
Bhubaneswar is famous for stone sculptures, `Patta' paintings, brassware, toys, items of horn, ganjifa playing cards, masks, dowry boxes and silver filigree work, among others.
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Bhubaneswar the capital of the state of Orissa, The city is appropriately dominated by the great temple of Lord Shiva- the Lingaraj Temple.
Bhubaneswar is a city where the temple spires rise higher than the palms.
Bhubaneswar is the base for visiting the famous Sun Temple at Konark and the Buddhist circuit of Ratangiri, Udaygiri and Lalitgiri, the area which was a center of Buddhism.
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 Bhubaneswar @ Exotic Journeys, Inc.
The area around Bhubaneswar constituted the famed kingdom of Kalinga, which was conquered after a bloody battle by Ashoka, the great Mauryan emperor.
Once a magnetic centre of Shaivism, Bhubaneswar was home to some 7,000 temples dedicated to different deities of which about 500 survive to this day.
The Parashumeshwara Temple is one of the earliest extant temples of Orissa, acknowledged to be a symbol of all that is chaste and elegant in sculpture.
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 rediff.com: Civic stir raises a stink in Bhubaneswar
The temple city of Bhubaneswar has turned into a city of garbage, with the stand-off between civic employees and state government entering the 16th day on Wednesday.
More than old Bhubaneswar, which comprises the famous Lingraj temple and hundreds of small and medium temples, new Bhubaneswar appears to be worse hit by the strike.
About 25,000 employees of 102 civic bodies, including the municipal corporations of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack, are furious with the state government's threat of 'no work, no pay'.
www.rediff.com /news/2000/sep/13oris.htm   (402 words)

  
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Bhubaneswar, the capital of Orissa, is also popularly known as the
Bhubaneswar is well connected by air, rail and road to the rest of India.
Bhubaneswar can be visited round the year, but the ideal time, especially for visitors from colder climes, would be from October to March.
www.theindiatravel.com /cityguide/state/orissa/Bhubaneshwar.htm   (685 words)

  
 India Catalog City Guide - to Bhubaneswar
The 54m spire of the temple dominates the Bhubaneswar landscape.
Located close to the main Bhubaneswar to Puri Road, on the same side as the Lingaraj Temple, the Grove of the Perfect Beings is a cluster of about 20 smaller temples.
It's one of the best of the Bhubaneswar temples and is famous for its ornate deul (sanctuary), decorated with some of the most impressive Orissan temples sculptures.
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Bhubaneswar is the capital city of Orissa and is popularly known as the Temple City of India.
The new Bhubaneswar with its modern buildings and infrastructure compliments its surroundings and is a must visit for anyone who wants to see the two faces of India- modern and ancient side by side.
Bhubaneswar also serves as a base for many tourists to visit the famous Jagannath Temple in Puri and the magnificent Sun Temple in Konark.
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Bhubaneswar A guide to the city from Indianvisit.com.
Puspita Mishra Grade A Doordarshan Odissi dancer and choreographer from Bhubaneswar, practicing under Guru Sri Niranjan Rout.
OCR and Speech Recognition for the Oriya Language Technical paper by Sanghamitra Mohanty of the Department of Computer Science and Applications, Utkal University in Bhubaneswar, Orissa (India).
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 Bhubaneswar India, Bindu Sarovar, Temple Lingaraja, Jagannath, Rajrani, Parasurameswara, Kedareswara, Mukateswara, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
West of Bhubaneswar lie the two hills of Udaygiri and Khandagiri, with rock caves that were occupied by Jain monks as early as the second century BC.
Nandanakanana, 20 kilometers (12 miles) from Bhubaneswar, is a large recreation park in the middle of Chandka forest, with many animals in their natural habitat.
Cuttack, Orissa's former capital which is surrounded by rivers, lies 29 kilometers (18 miles) from Bhubaneswar and is one of the state's oldest towns.
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