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Jharsuguda district has a rich and developed cultural heritage. Various
fairs and festivals observed round the year for centuries, indicates its
cultural and religious richness. Though many of the fairs and festivals are
common to other parts of Orissa there are few which are distinct and
special. Rock Painting and Lithography of Bikramkhol, Ruins of Hill Forts of
Ulapgarh and Padmasini Temple of Padampur are among the few tourist
attractions to named.
The nearest domestic / international airport is
Swami Vivekananda International Airport, located in
Raipur, 310 km southwest of Jharsuguda. It is about
five hours
drive to Swami Vivekananda
International Airport from Jharsuguda. To make arrangements for a taxi from Airport
to Jharsuguda, contact one the taxi operators and travel agents that have
counter in the Airport.
Jharsuguda
Attractions
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Rock Painting and Lithography of Bikramkhol
The massive rock shelter measures 37 meter in length and 8 meter in
height. Depicting various geometric and weird characters Vikramkhol
inscriptions at places take the shape of identifiable animals and floral
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Ruins of Hill Forts of Ulapgarh
In the vicinity there is a hill known as “Maheswar Pahad” where the
remains of an old holy fort attracts the attention of historians,
researchers and tourists. |
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Padmasini Temple of Padampur
Just at the point where the River Mahanadi leaves the than Madhya
Predesh and enters Orissa to pour in to the Hirakud Reservoir, there
was once a town called as "Padampur". |
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Ramchandi
This important place of ‘Shakti Worship’ is located 10 km away from
Jharsuguda town inside a cave. |
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Koilighugar Waterfall
Located in Jharsuguda district, Odisha. The
Koilighugar Waterfall, around 200 ft in height, is in the Lakhanpur,
near the village Kushmelbahal. |
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Jhadeswar Temple
Famous for its self-appeared Shivalingam. The actual age of which is
unknown. But during the reign of ‘Govind Singh’ Jamindar of Jharsuguda
the lingam was being worshiped inside a hut made up of leaves. |
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Shree Pahadeswar Temple
Situated at the top of a small hill on the eastern side of
Jharsuguda, Shree Pahadeswar Temple is yet another place of
attraction in the district. |
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Kolabira Fort
The Kolabira Jamindari was formed during the reign of Lt. Jayat Singh
(1781-1818) the Chohan King of Sambalpur. It had an area of 278 sq km.
It was bounded on north by villages Arda, Dhutura, Baijapli and Bamra
Kingdom. |
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Shiva Shrine of Mahadebpali
On the South East direction of
Jharsuguda and on the bank of River Bhaden there is an ancient
Sivashrine’ at Mahadebpali. The study of local history reveals that,
there was a small kingdom of a ‘Haihay King’ in this region.
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