Tapoban Mahima Ashram sits on the forested slopes of Kapilash Hill in Dhenkanal district, about 20 km from Dhenkanal town, and it is one of the quietest spiritual stops in Odisha. Pilgrims come for the Mahima Dharma tradition, trekkers come for the hill walk, and most...
Ananta Vasudeva Temple Bhubaneswar is the city’s great Vaishnavite shrine, a 13th-century temple on the eastern bank of Bindusagar tank where Krishna is worshipped with Balarama and Subhadra as complete black-stone images. Come in the early morning for a quiet...
Pataleshwar Temple Jaipur is a small underground Shiva shrine in central Jaipur, reached by descending 36 steps into a cool, lamp-lit sanctum built around a natural Shivling. It suits travellers who want a quiet temple stop between Jaipur’s forts and palaces,...
Bakreswar Shiva Temple stands in Markona village in Balasore district, Odisha, on the banks of the Kansa Bansa river. The Kalinga-style shrine is a quiet pilgrimage stop for Shiva devotees and a rewarding detour for travellers exploring the temple towns of northern...
Jagannath Temple Keradagarh is a living village shrine in Keradagada, Rajnagar area of Kendrapara district, Odisha. It enshrines wooden idols of Jagannath, Balabhadra and Subhadra, and it is best known for its annual Rath Yatra, when the deities are taken out on...
Dwitikeshwar Mahadev Temple at Jamupatna, on the Nayagarh to Odagaon road in Odisha, is a small Shiva shrine built around a swayambhu linga, a self manifested stone that local belief says rose from the earth where Sage Dutika once meditated. A centuries old banyan...
