Talsari Sea Beach, Baleswar Beaches, Balasore, Odisha

Talsari Sea Beach, Baleswar Beaches, Balasore, Odisha

Talsari Sea Beach is the northernmost beach of Odisha, sitting on the Odisha–West Bengal border in Balasore district where the Subarnarekha river spreads into a wide estuary before joining the Bay of Bengal. Barely 8–10 km from Digha across the border, it trades...
Paradeep Sea Beach, Paradip Beach, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha

Paradeep Sea Beach, Paradip Beach, Jagatsinghpur, Odisha

Paradeep Sea Beach in Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, is a wide, working-coast beach next to one of India’s busiest ports — come for sunrises, ship-watching, fresh seafood and a Marine Drive evening, not for a swim. Where the Mahanadi meets the Bay of Bengal, roughly 115...
Chandipur Sea Beach, Baleswar Beaches, Balasore, Odisha, India

Chandipur Sea Beach, Baleswar Beaches, Balasore, Odisha, India

Chandipur Sea Beach, in Odisha’s Balasore district, is one of India’s strangest natural sights. Twice a day, the sea simply leaves: at low tide, the Bay of Bengal recedes up to around 5 km, as commonly reported, exposing the ocean floor, and at high tide...
Swargadwar Sea Beach, Puri, Odisha

Swargadwar Sea Beach, Puri, Odisha

Swargadwar — the “Door to Heaven” — is Puri’s most spiritually charged beach, sitting on Marine Drive about 2–3 km from the Jagannath Temple. It pairs a lively seaside promenade with one of Hinduism’s most sacred cremation grounds. Puri railway...
Bagda Sea Beach, Dublagadi, Balasore, Odisha

Bagda Sea Beach, Dublagadi, Balasore, Odisha

Bagda Sea Beach, on the Dublagadi coast of Balasore district in Odisha, is one of the quietest sea beaches on the east coast — a long, clean stretch of sand backed by casuarina (jhau) and tamarisk forest, roughly 30–35 km from Balasore town. Unlike the crowded shores...
Anjuna Beach Goa, Beaches in Goa, India

Anjuna Beach Goa, Beaches in Goa, India

Anjuna Beach is the bohemian heart of North Goa. Sitting in Bardez taluka, roughly 8–9 km west of Mapusa town, this rocky stretch of the Arabian Sea coast is famous for three things: the legendary Wednesday flea market, the trance and full-moon parties that grew out...