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Chilika

Places Of Tourist Interest in Chilika
Kalijai,Honeymoon,Breakfast, Birds, Nalabana, Parikud Island, etc. are most of the important and forever missed spots inside the chilika lake. The Kalijai Island of chilika is famous as a center of religious worship due to the temple of Goddess Kalijai where a big fair is held on the occasion of Makara Sankranti that falls in January every year. The Island of Nalabana, around 8 km distance covered a unique place of Chilika Lake as it happens to be the central point for the migratory birds. One can view the dolphins at Chilika near Satpara.
Places around Chilika::
Narayani:(22 km)
Goddess Narayani adorns the valley hill-top which is girdled by a stream. It is an ideal picnic spot. Nirmaljhara:(11 km)
Nirmaljhara has earned its name as an ideal place for picnic as well as pilgrimage. A stream that emerges out from the feet of a Vishnu image enhances the importance and sanctity of the place. Banpur:(42 km)
Famous for the time honoured temple of Goddess Bhagabati, Banpur has earned celebrity as a center of religious activities. Once it was the capital of Sailodvaba dynasty, responsible for the construction of the early group of temples in Bhubaneswar. The large number of Buddhist images discovered at Banpur relate the place to the Vajrayan cult of Buddhism. The temple of "Dakshya Prajapati" is a fine specimen of extraordinary artistic excellence of Orissan art. Banpur is 8 km from Balugaon, 42 km from Rambha and 104 km from Bhubaneswar.

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