This year as per my new year goals of 2017 , I intend to travel a lot and I had the opportunity to travel to two places in the month January and February namely Kanpur and Bhubaneshwar. I had a good time with my colleagues after a long time as I took a break and went on for a personal tour nearly after 5 years. Below are some of the pictures I wanted to share with you guys. Hope you like it.
Pictures from Odisha
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| Saraswathi Goddess at Bhubaneshwar Airport |
The sand art was created by world famous artist Sudharshan pattnaik and it was just awesome to see it.
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| LingaRaj Swamy Temple ,bhubaneshwar |
The LingaRaj Temple which is constructed in 12th century houses every God you could possibly imagine and it was fascinating to see the intricate and dazzling architecture of the temple. As a engineer I couldnt stop myself appreciating the effort of the builders have gone to create this monument of its kind and that too 800 years back.
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| Shri Jagannath temple, Puri |
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| JagannathTemple Entrance |
The Puri Jagannath temple is one of holiest places for Hindus and a must visit in one's life. I was lucky enough to visit this temple which was constructed about 13th century and its usually famous for its yearly Ratha Yatra of Shri Jagannath swami. Everybody should visit this once in their lifetime.
The next stop was The Sun God, Konark and its brief history is given below. Here the photography was allowed unlike the other two places I have visited. Perhaps this temple is an engineering marvel and a blend of science and spirituality at a higher level. Our guide told us that the Sun god statue was hung in the air using the magnets and it was constructed in such a way that the very first rays of Sun falls onto the feet of the statue. This is enough to understand their mastery over engineering at that time i.e., 13th century is mind blowing. There are about 12 wheels surrounding the temple with each wheel explaining the various aspects of life. And to my surprise the wheels are designed to indicate the time of the day based on the rays of the sun. That was an incredible engineering feat.
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| Sun God Temple ,Konark |
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| The Entrance to Sun God Temple |
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| The Sun God |
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| The Wheel of life |
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| Another Wheel of life |
Pictures From Kanpur
The JK temple which was contructed by JK tyres company as it is located in kanpur is very peaceful. It houses the Lord Krishna along with Radhe, The height of the temple is around 50 metres is a feast to eyes altogether.
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| JK temple, Kanpur |
I happen to come across these cute cats in the airport !! and having the fun with them together was just joyful to watch.
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| My cute little frnds in Lucknow Airport |
In the end , as I said I had a good time after a very long time and I intend to travel to explore more of India..
Stay Happy and Keep Smiling
Vamsi
