Day 1:     Arrive Bhubaneshwar
Upon your arrival at Bhubaneshwar International airport, you will be met by our office airport representative. After a warm welcome at the airport, you will be driven to your pre-booked hotel and our representative will assist you in check-in formalities. “Bhubaneshwar is the capital of the ancient kingdom of Orissa and is famous as the temple city of India. Travel through Orissa is a melange of art, architecture and long-established customs.”

Day 2:     Full day sightseeing in Bhubaneshwar
After breakfast at the hotel, you will start your excursion from Lingaraja Temple, which is one of the most sacred and religious sites in India and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is one of the oldest temples in Bhubaneswar. you will continue with your guide and driver to your next stop, Mukteshwar Temple located at a hilltop, this temple was built in the 10th Century and is another temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. The unique structure offers a mix of modern and ancient. The next place to visit is the ancient Parsurama Temple, believed to have been built during the 12th and 13th centuries. This temple is the only temple in Kerala dedicated to Lord Parusarama. Lord Parusama was the sixth incarnation of Lord Vishnu and known in the ancient scripts as a warrior. 

After this, you will continue to the Rajarani Temple. This temple is believed to have been constructed between the 11th to 12th century and has many similar details to the famous Khajuraho Temples, due to its intricate details of erotic carvings. The last stop of the trip is at the Museum of Tribal Arts and Artifacts which offers a unique experience to get to know the Orissan Tribal Culture. The museum is showcasing the ancient tribal clothing, artifacts, jewelry, hunting weapons, and many other things. This will be a delightful visit to finish off the tour. Overnight stay at the hotel. 

Day 3:     Bhubaneshwar – Khandagiri – Udaygiri – Dauli – Puri (74kms/ 2hrs approx)
Breakfast at the hotel, then drive to Puri. En-route visit Khandagiri and Udaygiri Caves (first century BC): Just 7kms west of Bhubaneswar are the twin hills of Khandagiri and Udaygiri, the next major Orissan historical monument after Ashoka's rock-cut edict.

The rocks of the Khandagiri and Udaygiri hills were carved and tunneled, to create this multi-storied ancient apartment residence for Jain monks. They were the work of the first known Orissan ruler, King Kharavela, and probably begun in the first century BC. Kharavela was a king of the Mahameghavahana dynasty, who is known for the expansion of the Kalinga empire and his installation of public improvements, such as canal systems. 

Dhauli: where the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka renounced violence and embraced the teachings of Buddha. We visit the Peace Pagoda known as Shanti Stupa built in the early 1970s by the Japanese. We also stop at two ancient rock edicts, today eclipsed by the presence of the Pagoda. Dating from 260BC they outline Ashoka's detailed instructions to his administrators to rule with gentleness and fairness.

Shanti Stupa at Dhauli the serenity of the place and the legacy of Buddhism motivated the Kalinga Nippon Buddha Sangha, under the guidance of Guruji Fuji, Founder President of Nipponzan Myohoji of Japan to establish a Peace Pagoda or Shanti Stupa at Dhauli along with the construction of the monastery called Saddharma Vihar in early seventies of 19th century. Along with the Ashokan Edicts, the Peace Pagoda and modern Buddhist Monastery, Dhauli offers the visitors small-rock cut caves, Hindu temples of the early medieval periods and a renovated Siva temple known as Dhavalesvara on top of the hill are added attractions.
Arrive Puri, check-in at the hotel. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 4:    Drive Puri – Ratnagir – Udaigiri – Lalitgiri – Puri (150kms 3hrs approx one way)
After breakfast, embark on your drive to visit Ratnagiri, Udaigiri&Lalitgiri. Ratnagiri in the Birupa river valley in the district of Jajpur is another famous Buddhist center. The small hill near the village of the same name has rich Buddhist antiquities. A large-scale excavation has unearthed two large monasteries, a big stupa, Buddhist shrines, sculptures, and a large number of votive stupas. 

It is stated in the Datavamsa (an early and authentic Buddhist text from Sri Lanka) that it was at Ratnagiri that the relics of the Buddha were temporarily kept while they were being shifted from Dantapura, the capital of Kalinga, or ancient Orissa, to Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka. According to the text, soon after the Buddha's Mahaparinirvana, or the Great Cessation at Kushinagar, his left canine was carried to Kalinga by one of his close disciples Khema Thera and was presented to its king, Brahmadatta. 

In the beginning, this was an important center of the Mahayana form of Buddhism. During the 8th - 9th century A.D., this became a great center of Tantric Buddhism or Vajrayana art and philosophy. Pag Sam Jon Zang, a Tibetan source, indicates that the institution at Ratnagiri played a significant role in the emergence of Kalachakratantra during the 10th century A.D. This is quite evident from the numerous votive stupas with reliefs of divinities of the Vajrayana pantheon. 

Presently this university of Buddhist learning is found in ruins that attract a number of visitors every year. For lovers of art and architecture, lay tourists as well as special groups, Ratnagiri offers in its magnificent ruins, a large brick monastery with beautiful doorways, cella, sanctum with a colossal Buddha figure, and a large number of Buddhist sculptures. There is a smaller monastery at the place along with a stone temple, brick shrines and a large stupa with numerous smaller stupas around. Evening back to Puri. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 5:    Drive Puri –Konark – Pipli – Puri (45kms/ 1hrs one way)
Breakfast at hotel, excursion to visit the Chariot of the Sun God Temple (UNESCO's World Heritage Site), built by King Langula Narasimha Deva in the 13th century AD during the golden era of Orissan art. This temple, among the crowning works of Orissan architecture and sculpture, is sheer poetry in stone. Every day the Sun God rises from the horizon, across the shimmering blue waters of the Bay of Bengal, and casts the warmth and luminosity of his revitalizing rays on the sanctum, circling the temple during the course of the day, illuminating the three brilliant images of the sun - in the morning, at mid-day and in the evening, as day makes way for the night. 

Pipli Artist Village; The villagers of Pipli produce applique art, a process of cutting colored cloth into shapes of animals, birds, flowers leaves gods, goddesses and other decorative motifs and stitching them over a piece of cloth. These creations are then fabricated into lampshades, handbags, cushion covers or even garden umbrellas. A famous example is the enormous applique' canopies above the reigning deity of Puri, Lord Jagannath. Overnight at the hotel.

Day 6:    Drive Puri - Chilika Lake (at Satpada) - Puri (90kms both way)
Today you will visit Jagannath Temple, a visit to Puri is incomplete without a visit to the Jagannath temple, one of the four sacred dhams in the Hindu religion. The magnificent temple is dedicated to the Lord of the Universe. Built-in the 12th century, it is considered to be one of the tallest (65m) temples in India. Later visit Nata Mandir and Bhoga Mandir were built much later in the 14th and 15th century, in the classic Orissa style. Gundicha Ghar, having been the house of Lord Krishna's aunt, Gundicha is another important site to visit in Puri. It is believed that the Lord stays here for 9 days during the famous Rath yatra or chariot-pulling festival of Puri.

Later excursion to visit Chilika Lake (at Satpada), boat cruise inside the lake, get a chance to see the Dolphins. It is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds on the Indian sub-continent. The lake is home to a number of threatened species of plants and animals. The lake is an ecosystem with large fishery resources. It sustains more than 150,000 fisher-folk living in 132 villages on the shore and islands. The lagoon hosts over 160 species of birds in the peak migratory season. Overnight at hotel in Puri.

Day 7:   Drive Puri – Bhubaneswar (60kms/ 2hrs approx)
Breakfast at hotel, drive back to Bhubaneswar, direct transfer to airport to board flight for onward destination.