Only 32 km from Puri on the Marine Drive lies the spectacular, unspoilt beach of Konark known as Chandrabhaga.Quieter than Puri beach Konark beach offers beautiful sunrise and sunset.Only a few km from the exquisite Sun Temple of Konark, this sprawling beach attracts millions of visitors every year.With long streches of clean sands,rolling waves and casurina forests the beach claims to be one of the best in the eastern coast.
Other Attractions :
RAMACHANDI (8 km) Temple of Goddess Ramachandi on the confluence of river Kushabhadra with the sea and also a nice picnic spot.
BELESWAR (20 km) Saiva shrine and sea beach.
BALIGHAI (25 km) Sea beach and Sea Turtle Research Centre.
KAPILESWAR (10 km) Saiva shrine on desolate sand dunes.
KURUM (8 km) Excavated Buddhist site.
KAKATAPUR (25 km) . Shrine of Goddess Mangala on river Prachi.
CHOURASI (35 km) Temple of Goddess Barahi, a typical order oJ temple architecture.
Approach
Air: Bhubaneswar is the nearest airport- 65 Km. Indian Airlines and Air Sahara has flights from Delhi, Calcutta, Visakhapatnam, Raipur, Hyderabad, Chennai and Mumbai.
Road: The nearest railheads are Bhubaneswar and Puri.
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