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Khirochora Gopinath temple

Famous for Khirochora Gopinath temple Remuna has been a seat of Vaishnawite Culture for centuries, Madhabendra Puri the teacher of Shri Chaitanya and Shri Chaitanya himself visited Remuna and offered their worship to Khirochora Gopinath. Today hundreds of devotees gather daily for the sacred Darshan lof the Lord. Specially prepared milk is the most delicious prasad of the temple.Remuna is a chunk of Vrindaban In Orissa.

Raibania

Raibania located in Balasore,is known for its group of forts in raign, Raibania had historic importance and finds mention in the book Ain-I-Akbari. The fort having a number of tanks, which was once the place for royal people is now a plain field littered with archeological rains. The Jaychandiban or the lovely forest of Joychandi is now used as picnic spot.

Dinamardinga

Erstwhile Kalinga of Orissa in the medieval times, Balasore was once a hub of marine activity. Farasidinga and Dinamardinga parts of the town still bear traces of arrival and invasion of Dutch and French on Orissa’s shore. Located at the banks of the river Budhabalanga, the city is also a tourist attraction for its Mahadev Baneswar Temple. The banks of the river offer an ideal picnic spot for touring families, who always cherish a boat ride downstream. The city provides exciting shopping opportunity with lacquered toys, Remuna brass work and Nilagiri carvings on display.

Museum

A Govt. Museum with antiquities and craft works, mostly famous for Jain iconography. It is located in the town hall complex, close to the Govt. bus stand,Balasore. Jain imaged are found at several places of the district.

Sajanagarh

Sajanagarh is a place which served as a military base during the period of ex-rulers of Nilgiri state. The main attraction of the place is the temple of goddess “Bhudharchandi”. On the walls of both temple and boundary, beautiful stone works have been made elegantly of the gods and goddess.

Konark Temple

The Sun Temple also known as the Black Pagoda, is located in the grand Konark City of Orissa. Constructed in the 13th century during the reign of King Narsimhadeva,the temple is very well known all across the world for it’s out of the ordinary architecture and stunning frame work. The structure, resembling a colossal chariot with 12 pairs of wheels, lavishly sculpted with symbolic motifs and pulled by 7 horses, was so designed as to let the first rays of the sun fall on the main entrance. This Kalinga art is now in a dilapidated condition presenting a riddle-like trouble before the world’s top archaeologists. The sand–filled walls of Jagamohan or the front audience hall that survived the temple’s gradual decimation, now causing cracks and damage to the temple. Hence a raging debate tensions the archaeologists whether or not to extract the sand.

Olasuni Hill

Olasuni Hill lies on the border of Cuttack and Jajpur districts in Orissa. There is a tomb of Saint Arakhita Das and a temple of Goddess Olasuni, the presiding deity. A cave where the saint attained salvation after a long meditation is also found. Magha Ekadasi is celebrated yearly. To remember the death anniversary of the saint, a nine-day Gumpha Yatra is held in association with the Ekadasi celebration. Ratnagiri and Lalitgiri hills are nearby.

Taptapani

Famous for its hot water spring, Taptapani,is situated at 67 km from Gopalpur.As the name indicates, half of Taptapani excursion is about taking a bath in the hot water spring. Hundreds of visitors, round the year, come to Taptapani to enjoy this fantastic spring with medicinal merits. It is also the home of primitive Kutia Kondh tribe, the Dingaria Kondh tribe, Bonda and the Mali tribes.

The Fading Tradition

Gotipua is a traditional folk art preceding the more acclaimed classical dance form ‘Odissi’, in fact Odissi’s origins lie in Gotipua. A unique blend of hand gestures, facial expressions, acrobatic moves and mythological narrative, Gotipua is a dynamic dance form infused with the rigor and innocence of youth. A typical feature of Gotipua is the physical contortions that are only possible pre-adolescence. Not to mention the playful gender bending of boys dressed in female costumes. Traditional patronage for Gotipua originally came from rich benefaction of the temple. Gotipua’s origins are closely linked with the flourishing temple culture of the 15th century. Today such a system has deteriorated and the maestro and his troupe struggle to continue their daily practice surviving on merge village funds and humble donations.

Maa Majhighariani

Maa Majhighariani is famous in Southern Division of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. Most of the devotees are coming from Madhyapradesh Chatishgarh, Andhra Pradesh including undivided Koraput District. Only the face of the Maa MajhiGhariani is worshiped. During Sunday, Wednesday and Friday a large number of Devotees are coming to this place for worshiping the Goddess. The temple is famous for Chaitra-Parba i.e. March-April of every year

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