Puri
Orissa gov to revamp tourism policy
...he said. The state government also plans to organise Orissa Travel Mart prior to the famous Car Festival at Puri. At present, there are 24,197 rooms available in 1,232 hotels in the...
A Hindu temple full of surprises
...behind the temple dome ought to mean a serene moment. But far from it. I am walking up Grand Road in Puri - and grand it certainly is, but busy too. Vegetable vendors, herdsmen,...
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Puri
...in this case, the city's name is believed to be derived from Jagannath Puri. Another belief is that the name Puri comes from Purushottama one of 108 Shakti Peethas, Purushottama. It is...
Reliance Industries to set up a world class university
...engineering institutes , while London-listed mining giant Vedanta Group has announced a large university near Puri in Orissa. Copyright © 2010 Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights...
100 Santas Made From 1,000 Tons of Sand in Indian Climate Protest
...bringing to India--and to do so, he built over 100 Santas out of 1,000 tons of sand in the tourist town of Puri. And he broke another world record in the process: most Santas made of sand...
Indian sand Santa sculptures spread green message
...from the menace of global warming," Mr Patnaik told the BBC over telephone from Puri in eastern Orissa state. Puri, 60km (37 miles) from the state capital, Bhubaneswar, is a major...
4th National Beach Football Championship postponed
...14 Men and 10 women s teams would be participating in the Championship. The first championship was played at Puri in Orissa, the second in Uttar Pradesh and the third in...
S Tel launches its operation in Orissa
...Operating Offier, Orissa, Sanjib Swain said S Tel services would be available in cities like Berhampur, Puri, Chhatrapur, Jagatsinghpur, Pipili, Jatni, Khurda, Aska and Nimapara and in...
In Jayadeva's Gitagovindam, Song of Govinda, (a poetic work on Lord Krishna composed in 1200 AD by Jayadeva of Puri) stanza 1, says "He who is mixed up or mingled in the darkness at a peaceful Kadamba tree, pre-set by me, --- deserve supreme love and affection of the Supreme and hence I reminisce about him."
Kadamba tree Wikipedia | 3 months ago
Puri-Surat new Weekly Express from December 20
East Coast Railway (ECoR) sources here today said the 2743 Puri-Surat weekly super fast Express will leave Puri at 1950 hrs. on every Sunday from December 20 and reach Surat at 0320...
Close shave: Prez Patil's copter blades hit wall
...a source said. Three rotor blades were badly damaged. The President was returning from her trip to Puri and Konark. Two other helicopters carrying some of her relatives, Rashtrapati...
President Patil's chopper hits building
...Orissa Governor M C Bhandari today had a close shave when three blades of the heliopter ferrying them back from Puri hit the asbestos shed of a building at Bhubaneswar airport on...
Winter special trains for Puri, Mysore
...in Puri at 0645 hrs on the next days. In the return direction, Puri-Howrah-Puri Winter Special train will leave Puri at 2335 hrs from December 23, 2009 to Jannuary 27, 2010 on every...
