Status: Listed with current timings on the official Odisha Tourism site (checked 29 Oct 2026).
Earthen dam across the Mahanadi near Sambalpur, over 25 km long with its dykes, with the Gandhi Minar and Nehru Minar viewpoints.
Built in the years after Independence for flood control, irrigation and power, Hirakud Dam holds back the large Hirakud Reservoir among hills and forest. The Gandhi Minar and Nehru Minar towers give views over the water, and the reservoir draws migratory birds in winter.
Beach about 3 km from the Konark Sun Temple, known for sunrise views, the Magha Saptami dip and the sand art festival.
Long sandy beach of Puri on the Bay of Bengal; its Golden Beach stretch holds Blue Flag certification.
sea beach in Odisha, India
waterfall in Odisha, India
Horsetail Waterfall in Kalahandi district,Odisha
waterfall
waterfall in Odisha, India
Hathigumpha Inscription consists of seventeen lines in a Central-Western form of Prakrit incised in a deep-cut Brahmi script on the overhanging brow of a natural cavern called Hathigumpha in the southern side of the Udayagiri hill, near Bhubaneswar