Village Tour in Odisha
Stay at Villages, Camps & Palace to make this trip for One Week.
Day 1 Bhubaneshwar – Konark 75kms/1.30hrs
Arrival at Bhubaneshwar. Drive to Konark. Stay at a Village Camp site on the river side, far away from the madding crowd. Afternoon enjoy a stroll around the Khalakata Patna Village & walk on the river side watching people working on the Rice field or Fish farms.
Overnight at Konark
Day 2 Konark – Puri – Raghurajpur – Konark 45kms/1hr
Trip to visit the Potters village, Artists’ village, Raghurajpur & Jagannath Temple at Puri.
Declared as the Heritage Village of Odisha, Raghurajpur is the only place where you can experience the Artisans working on the Silk, Paper, Beatle Nuts, Coconuts, Cow Dung, Coir & many more. The Traditional Patta Painters of Odisha live in this village in the different parts like Dandasahi, Nayakpatna & Raghurajpur are now experts making different kinds of Artistic useful house hold materials for the market which are worth buying from them. Your visit will introduce to the Age Old Patta Painting workers in the village & their working style.
This is the Only village also in Odisha where the Gurus (Teachers) are still holding the age old Traditional Ashram system to train the Boys to perform World Famous Gotipua Dance. Gotipua Dance which was formed in 12th Century AD after the Mughal Invasion to Odisha is a twisted form of Odishi Dance, One of the Seven Classical Dances of India. As Odishi Dance or Devadasi Dance system vanished from the Temple, Gotipua Dance got introduced to the Society in a form of Entertainment where only Boys were trained to dance since child hood with the application of special oils on the joints & bones to keep it flexible till the young age. This group used Duplicate or Plastic Ornaments in order to give respect to the Odishi Dance which was a Temple Dance in Odisha. They introduced Acrobatic forms in the dance as the Boys were able to do it & was not allowed for the Girls in the Odishi Dance. This Dance form is now only in practice in Raghurajpur & near by areas.
Overnight at Konark
Day 3 Konark – Bhubaneshwar (75kms/1.30hrs drive) – Dhenkanal 100kms/2hrs.
Morning enjoy a beautiful sun rise & visit to the Sun Temple at Konark.
Later on drive to Bhubaneshwar. Visit the Most famouse temples & caves at Bhubaneshwar.
Drive to Dhenkanal for overnight stay.
One of the Heritage Sites of India is the Culmination of Odiya Architecture is Konark Sun Temple. Described by Poet Rabindranath Tagore, The Language of Stones have defeated the Language of Human Being is Well Defined on the Temple Wall of Konark Sun Temple. Built in a form of Chariot, this Temple has attracted the Tourist from all over the World for the Stone Work Style & Description. Built in the form of Chariot, drawn by 07 horses representing seven days of the week & Seven colours of Rainbow,this Temple represents the visit of Sun God from East to West controlling the time. 24 wheels around the Hall Of Prayer representing the 24 Fortnights of the Year is an unique creation of Sun Dial. With all the spectacular Sculptures related to Time engraved on this Temple wall is a great piece of Monument to visit.
Bhubaneshwar is known as City of Temples holding more than 500 temples & Caves from 3rd to 1st Century BC..
Once upon a time was holding 7000 temples around the city of Bhubaneshwar now with 500 temples from the period of 05th to 11th Century AD, this Capital of Odisha is visited by many tourist from different parts of India & Abroad. Among all the Temples, Important Temples visited are Chronologically in Order Parasurameshwar, Mukteshwar, Rajarani, Brahmeshwar, Vaital & Lingaraj Temples. These Temples belonging to different period of construction reflecting different changes in the plan & 11th Century Lingaraj Temples is the Culmination point of the Temple Construction at Bhubaneshwar with the complete collection of all the Four Halls of Odiya Architecture Style.
Khandagiri & Udaigiri Jain Caves, dating back from 03rd to 01st century BC are telling the royal, social & cultural life of the King & the People of Kalinga. Out of 92 Caves, there are caves dedicated to the Jain Monks, Hindu Deities & the Queens Cave depicting the story of Royal Celebration at the Caves are worth visit.
Tribal Museum is an excellent place to visit during the sightseeing of Bhubanshwar. It has got the best collection of Tribal people from all over Odisha. Display of the Jewelries, artifacts & the technology used to understand it in the best possible way will take hours to roam around the place. It has got a nice library, souvenir shop & a restaurant serving Tribal food. Photography is prohibited inside the museum.
Overnight at Dhenkanal Palace
Day 4 Dhenkanal
Visit of the Weavers Village & Dokra Metal Workers’ villages.
Visit the Most Unique Ashram of the Mahima Cult Sadhus at their Ashram during the evening time when they practice their Fire Worship rituals.
Nuapatna is a Village of Weavers working on IKAT (Tie & Dye) process for the Generation. The entire village of this group having about 120families are involved producing Fabrics, Sarees & many more house hold materials which are now world famous for the craftsmanship of these people. The family members support themselves from this work by using their leisure time to produce the fabrics. Starting from cleaning the thread to the finished product the entire family is involved apart from their other daily works. This is the Age Old Traditional Work these Crafts families are still practicing successfully.
Sadeibarini is a small village of the Situlia Tribal Group. They work on Loss Wax Processing System. The name of this group has been derived from the word ‘Sitala’, which means cooling down the boiling Metals. They produce different art & artifacts from the Metal called Dokra which is a combination of Zinc & Brass. There are about 30 families involved in this kind of art work for the years living here in this village Sadeibarini. They prepare many House Hold & Decorative items used for many purposes.
Day 5 Dhenkanal – Bhitarkanika 200kms/4hrs drive
Drive to Bhitarkanika to stay closer to the Sanctuary in a village of fishermen, farmers & Brahmins. Visit the Buddhist Excavated sites of 9th – 10th Century AD..
Overnight at Bhitarkanika
Day 6 Bhitarkanika
Explore the entire sanctuary by boat with the local boatmen & visit the village by walk with an experience to see their life for the whole day.
Overnight at Bhitarkanika
Day 7 Bhitarkanika – Bhubaneshwar (200kms/4hrs) – Onward connection
Drive to Bhubaneshwar & board the flight for onward connection.