Tag: Chandrabhaga Beach

Chandrabhaga Beach located in Konark offers some stunning sunrises and sunsets.

  Bhubaneswar: The World Environment Day celebrations in Odisha are going to be a lot more merrier this time with the state’s Chandrabhaga beach on the coast of Konark becoming  Asia’s first to get the Blue Flag certification — a tag given to environment-friendly  clean beaches, equipped with amenities of international standards for tourists. “To […]

Konark: Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan inaugurated the ‘Nua Odisha Nirmana Abhijan’on the auspicious occasion of Utkal Dibasa at Chandrabhaga sea beach in Konark in Puri on Sunday. The event is organized under the banner of Prachi Trust, a social organization. As a part of the programme, thousands of youths gathered at the Chandrabhaga sea […]

Konark: Lakhs of pilgrims thronged to Chandrabhaga near Konark in Puri district on Sunday to take a holy dip and offer prayers to the Sun God on the occasion of Magha Saptami. On the seventh day of the first half of the ‘Magha’ month, pilgrims took dip in Chandrabhaga with the age-old belief that a […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Men’s Hockey World Cup at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan and leading composer AR Rahman will be seen in action in the State. King Khan will be seen in the anthem video composed by Rahman and the shooting for the song has already begun. The lyrics of […]

Puri: On the occasion of ‘Magha Saptami’, lakhs of devotees from all around Odisha and outside the State gathered at the Chandrabhaga beach in Konark of Puri district today to take holy dip and offer prayers to Sun God. “It is believed that anyone who takes dip in the sea on the day of Magha […]

Bhubaneswar/ New Delhi: Odisha’s Puri Jagannath Temple and Konark Sun Temple will get ‘iconic heritage’ tag and as they assume historical importance, nobody can overlook them, said Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel. Talking to reporters on the sidelines of State Tourism Ministers’ Conference held in New Delhi on Tuesday, Patel said, “Puri and Konark […]

Bhubaneswar/Puri: In a move to boost tourist inflow to Odisha, the state tourism department has come up with a new idea of providing tent facilities for tourists visiting Sun Temple in Konark. A meeting in this regard was held in Lokaseva Bhavan under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Asit Tripathy. As per reports, Odisha government […]