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Bhubaneswar

Administration
Native ameBhubaneswar
NicknameTemple City of India
TypeCapital
StateOdisha
DistrictKhurda
Government
MayorAnant Narayan Jena
Geography
Total Area145.1 sq mi (376 km2)
Altitude45 m
Demography
Total Population904721 (49) (2011)
Density (pop.)4900/km2 (12691/sq mi)
Metro Population1900000 (2008)
Other information
Time zoneIST (UTC+5:30)
Pincode751 0xx
Telephone0674
VehicleOR-02

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Bhubaneswar (Odia:ଭୁବନେଶ୍ବର, ; also Bhuvaneshwara; anglicised Bhu/ba/ne/swara ) is the capital of the Indian state of Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty (around 2nd century BCE) who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital. Historically Bhubaneswar has been known by different names such as Toshali, Kalinga Nagari, Nagar Kalinga, Ekamra Kanan, Ekamra Kshetra and Mandira Malini Nagari(city of temples) otherwise known as the temple city of India. The largest city of Odisha, Bhubaneswar today is a center of economic and religious importance in the region.

Its proud possession of magnificent sculptures and architectural heritage, coupled with the sanctity as Ekamrakshetra make this one of the great religious centres of Odisha since early medieval days. With its large number of Hindu temples (over 600 in number), which span the entire spectrum of Kalinga architecture, Bhubaneswar is often referred to as a Temple City of India. Together with Puri and Konark and, Bhubaneswar forms the 'Swarna Tribhuja' (the 'Golden Triangle'), one of the most visited destinations in East India.

The modern city of Bhubaneswar was designed by the German architect Otto Königsberger in 1946. Like Jamshedpur and Chandigarh, it is one of the first planned cities of modern India. With the Chandaka reserve forest on the fringes, the city, with an abundance of in-city greenery and an efficient civic body (the BMC), has become one of the cleanest and greenest cities of India.

Bhubaneswar replaced Cuttack as the political capital of the state of Odisha in 1948, a year after India gained its independence from Britain. Bhubaneswar and Cuttack are often commonly together known as the "twin cities" of Odisha. The metropolitan area formed by the twin cities has a 2008 population of 1.9 million and The World gazetteer estimates the metro area population as 1,666,429 making it the 22nd largest urban centre in the country. Bhubaneswar is categorized as a tier 2 city. An emerging IT hub, the boom in the metals and metal processing industries have made Bhubaneswar one of the fastest developing cities of India in recent years.

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Sukhwinder Singh & Shewta Pandit Live @ Bhubaneswar
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Kajra Re number in the 10th year celebration of Infosys bhubaneswar
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Sukhwinder Singh Live @ Bhubaneswar
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Sukhwinder Singh Live @ Bhubaneswar
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Bhubaneswar rocked when Shreya Ghosal sang to her full potential
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Training in Odissi classical Indian dance at Jyoti Kala Mandir in Bhubaneswar in Orissa, India. This was a 6-week course geared towards westerners. Made in imovie...with limited skills. www.jyotikalamandir.org www.laurasbelly.com
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Safar bhubaneswar on wheels( a part of BBSR)
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To watch live ( www.prasanta.net ) lion show from your bus visit Nandankan zoological garden at Bhubaneswar, Orissa. Worth watching. Nandankanan is just about 15 km. from Bhubaneswar. Besides lion and tiger safari one will have the opportunity to see more than a dozen white tigers, royal bengal tigers, panthers, leopards, lions and hundreds of crocodiles, numbers of zebras etc. Best time to visit is between September to March. Nearest Airport and railway station : Bhubaneswar, Orissa. To reach Nandan Kanan one may hire a taxi / auto ricksha or travel by town bus to Nandan Kann. Nandan Kanan is open between 9 am. to 5 pm. and Monday is a holiday. One can have the tickets to Lion / Tiger Safari from the entrance gate of Nandan Kanan. Courtesy : Prasanta Varma, Advocate Supreme Court of India. Visit : www.prasanta.net E mail : prasantv@yahoo.com
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Anjali : Youngsters zooming past on their bikes are a common sight in the roads of the capital. Taking inspiration from this scene director Biswa Bhushan Mohapatra's latest Oriya movie Anjali is based on bike racing challenges among college students. Shot in the valleys of Ladakh for songs, the rest of the movie has been set in Bhubaneswar. Mohapatra, who is essentially a cinematographer used to assist Santosh Sivan till the Hindi film Asoka and was also in the entertainment department of a Delhi based news channel.
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Leopard killing: 'Police not helping in arresting accused' - Expressindia.com Tweet this news
Expressindia.com---Bhubaneswar- About 100 days after scores of villagers incited by 3-4 journalists of a local TV channel chased and killed a young male leopard that had accidentally strayed into a forest plantation near -Bhubaneswar-, wildlife officials - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 10:35:14 GMT+00:00
Chip-by-chip step to stop smuggling - Calcutta Telegraph Tweet this news
Calcutta Telegraph---Bhubaneswar-, April 23: In an effort to check illegal smuggling of minerals from Orissa, the state government today decided to set up a project management unit (PMU) in the steel and mines department. The government plan also includes - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:39:28 GMT+00:00
Astra Mining Ltd Open Office in Odisha's capital city Bhubaneswar - Orissadiary.com Tweet this news
Orissadiary.com---Bhubaneswar-: Australian based diversified mining company, Astra Mining Ltd has opened its first Indian office, a vital part of its growth plan incorporating the acquisition of iron ore mines with a special focus on the existing mining h - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 04:04:59 GMT+00:00
Orissa govt in favour of a separate MSME department - IBNLive.com Tweet this news
IBNLive.com--PTI | 07:04 PM,Apr 21,2011 -Bhubaneswar-, Apr 21 (PTI) Realising that only small industries could provide adequate employment, Orissa government today said it was seriously considering to set up a separate department to deal with micro, small - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:15:10 GMT+00:00
Political parties protest against Posco - IBNLive.com Tweet this news
IBNLive.com--PTI | 10:04 PM,Apr 20,2011 -Bhubaneswar-, Apr 20 (PTI) Intensifying their stir against the proposed Posco project, workers of five political parties staged a demonstration here today accusing BJD government of submitting false report to the C - Date : Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:14:46 GMT+00:00
Tier-II, III cities lead in job creation - Business Standard Tweet this news
Business Standard--Bulk of the employment avenues were generated by -Bhubaneswar-, Pune, Chandigarh, Lucknow and Surat. -Bhubaneswar- and Pune recorded a surge of 42 per cent and 20 per cent, respectively, in total employment generation amongst major Tier - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 16:20:16 GMT+00:00
Odisha government announces no power cuts in this summer - Orissadiary.com Tweet this news
Orissadiary.com---Bhubaneswar-: The State Government on Wednesday announced that there would be no power cut this summer. This was aannounced by Chief Secretary Bijoy Patnaik. He told too mediapersons that despite the fact that there was a short fall in d - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 03:08:42 GMT+00:00
Trials on for new fire alarm in trains - Indian Express Tweet this news
Indian Express--The system has already been tested on New Delhi--Bhubaneswar- Rajdhani Express and the RDSO is in the process of updating the technology on the basis of test results. Experts believe that the technology, first of its kind for the country, - Date : Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:07:50 GMT+00:00
OUAT prof moves high court over dean's appointment - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India---BHUBANESWAR-: A professor in the College of Forestry under Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT) has moved high court, challenging the appointment of the dean allegedly in violation of rules and statutes of the university - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:34:40 GMT+00:00
Mining scam: HC reserves judgment on CBI probe - Times of India Tweet this news
Times of India---BHUBANESWAR-: The nearly two years of legal battle at the Orissa High Court between the state government and civil society members for a CBI investigation into the multi-crore mining scam came to an end on Monday. As the bench comprising - Date : Tue, 19 Apr 2011 11:30:09 GMT+00:00

State of Orissa *

CapitalBhubaneswar
TopicsHistory * Economy * Geography * Flora and Fauna * Culture * Arts * Tourism
DistrictsAngul * Balasore * Bargarh * Bhadrak * Balangir * Boudh * Cuttack * Debagarh * Dhenkanal * Gajapati * Ganjam * Jagatsinghpur * Jajpur * Jharsuguda * Kandhamal * Kendrapara * Kendujhar * Khordha * Koraput * Malkangiri * Mayurbhanj * Nabarangpur * Nayagarh * Nuapada * Puri * Rayagada * Sambalpur * Subarnapur * Sundargarh
CitiesBalasore * Berhampur * Bhubaneswar * Cuttack * Puri * Sambalpur * Rourkela

IN State and Union Territory capitals of India

Agartala * Aizawl * Bangalore * Bhopal * Bhubaneswar * Chandigarh * Chennai (Madras) * Daman * Dehradun * New Delhi * Dispur * Gandhinagar * Gangtok * Hyderabad * Imphal * Itanagar * Jaipur * Jammu (in winter) * Kavaratti * Kohima * Kolkata (Calcutta) * Lucknow * Mumbai (Bombay) * Panaji (Panjim) * Patna * Puducherry (Pondicherry) * Port Blair * Raipur * Ranchi * Shillong * Shimla * Silvassa * Srinagar (in summer) * Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) |

Cities and towns in Khordha district

KhordhaBalugaon * Banapur * Bhubaneswar * Dungamal * Jatani * Khordha * Pratapsasan
Cities and towns
in other districts
Angul * Balangir * Balasore * Bargarh * Bhadrak * Boudh * Cuttack * Debagarh * Dhenkanal * Gajapati * Ganjam * Jagatsinghpur * Jajpur * Jharsuguda * Kalahandi * Kandhamal * Kendrapara * Kendujhar * Koraput * Malkangiri * Mayurbhanj * Nabarangpur * Nayagarh * Nuapada * Puri * Rayagada * Sambalpur * Subarnapur * Sundergarh

Industrial hubs in Orissa

Angul * Bhubaneswar * Brajarajnagar * Choudwar * Cuttack * Damanjodi * Hirakud * Jharsuguda * Joda * Kalinganagar * Kansbahal * Rajgangpur * Rayagada * Rourkela * Raurkela Industrial Township * Sunabeda * Talcher |



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