0 (0) How is Odisha Relevant to the Travellers? When you hear the national anthem of India ‘Jana Gana Mana’, you come across ‘Utkala’ in the second line, right? Well, that’s Odisha, home to the largest population of the Scheduled Tribes in India. The artefacts, the architecture; they all have descended from the ancient kingdom of Kalinga. Way before Bhubaneswar was advocated the title of ‘The Capital of Odisha’, Cuttack ruled the region as the capital until 1948. Odia is the predominant language spoken throughout except for the indigenous dialects originating from the tribal areas. This is the only State … Continue reading Odisha – The State of Temples in India by Ipsita Paul