Old Art form slowly going out of focus in Odisha

In the modern path of life we as human being forgetting value of old art forms which almost lost all glory.

Why people choose this way, we don't have much idea but sure that we are selecting wrong path of life.

We will go more details on them one by one in future, some of the art forms which need to save are:

List consist of below:

• Pala
• Daskathia
• Ghoda Nach(Horse Dance)
• Badi Pala
• Danda Nach(Dhandia)
• Ghumura Dance
• Kosali Dance
• Chau Dance
• Gotipua Dance
• Dhalkhai
• Dhap

Odisha State is full of handicraft products Which we need to explore and sell to world market

Odisha is full of natural beauties and art. But the hard part is we are not exploring the potential benefit of them. If you follow any foreign counties they make small place big by advertising and proper marketing. 

You you search small tourism places or art of other countries have specific websites with all details and history of it, but we are not doing.

Govt of india started taking steps but this need to faster and we as indian should take care of our art and places.

Ask yourself, suppose you have a image of sunny leone and one image of konark temple in your facebook newsfeed which one most of you Like or comment first?

Now we need to think twice. Explore your nearest art and craft villages, places and share it to all your friends with your addition of knowledge about that place, we will sure achieve our goal.

Dhokra handicrafts of dhenkanal, odisha

Odisha have same fate, let's do it and market our products to the world. 

Here are some of the beautiful art and crafts we have in Our state, please add more if you know and make odisha a global name for these places and crafts.


List of handicraft products of Odisha:

• Applique
• Chalkstone
• Dhokra
• Granite Carvings
• Dongria Kandha Embroidery
• Saora Painting
• Coconut Shell Craft
• Sandstone
• Silver Filligree
• Stone Carving
• Wood Carving
• Cloth Applique
• Closet Storage
• Tribal Crafts & Jewellery
• Dhokra Casting
• Metal Craft
• Wooden Craft
• Terracotta
• Paintings
• Bamboo Craft
• Golden Grass
• Lacquer Craft
• Horn Craft
• Palm Leaf Engraving
• Patta Painting
• Sabai Grass Craft
• Solapith Craft
• Paddy & Straw Craft

10 Places to See in Canada

Canada is a place which we all should visit in life time. Your eyes necer believe this beautiful glorious country. Here we can find indians easily who live here doing business or jobs.

Places to see are:

• Naigara Falls
• Banff National Park
• CN Tower
• Bay of Fundy
• Candadian rockies
• Stanley Park
• Rocky Mountains
• Jasper National Park
• Canada's Wonderland
• Moraine Lake

Top Ten Places to See in Jharsuguda - Odisha

Jharsuguda was in a part of sambalpur district in past and after division it has taken up some of the best attraction which you can visit with your family.

Places to see:

1. Bandhabahal Temple
2. Chandi Madir
3. Koili Gughar
4. Maheswar Pahad
5. Mahanadi Back Water (IB Thermal)
6. Lal Pathar
7. Jhadeswar Temple
8. Belpahar Jagganath Temple
9. Durga Temple of Jharsuguda
10. Laxmi Temple of Brajrajnagar

Bhatarika Temple - Sasanga - Baramba - Cuttack

Maa Bhatarika temple is a old temple in cuttack district of odisha and located at sasanga village on the bank of river mahanadi.

Saptasajya - Dhenkanal - Odisha - Famous Tourist Place

Saptasajya is one of the picnic spot near dhenkanal town. This beautiful place located at a distance of 10 Km from the town.

Ansupa Lake - Odisha's Freshwater Lake

Ansupa Lake is one of best freshwater lake available in india. Odisha Tourism department recently develope this lake. This is present on the left bank of orissa's largest river Mahanadi. 

This lake is size of a Horse's Shoe and covered around 141 hectares of area. This is not big enough like salt water lake Chilika but never less than a beautiful place to spend a day with your family and friends. Slowly this place is attraction people around all part of country and counted in tourist places in orissa.

Bhubaneswar Airport is around 80 KMs from this lake, but you can book a cab easily from any of the travel website online before visiting here. Most of the buses are also passing through this route from Cuttack to Narsinghpur thru Athagarh which is 10 KM from this beauty.

Most Groups visit here in New Year and arrange picnic party with friends and family. Odisha Tourism also planning to develop more and more facilities here which can enhance this place and foot count of visit will increase in future.

Ansupa Lake, Cuttack

Nearest Places to Visit: 

• Nuapatna for handloom khandua silk sarees
• Maniabandha for cotton sarees
• Bhatarika Temple, Famous temple of Maa
• Pachimeswar Shiv Temple
• Lobhi Temple

Ansupa, Freshwater Lake in Odisha

Textile Industry Of India and How handloom helps Tourism through Online Shopping

The textile industry in India is one of the oldest and largest industries which is the 2^nd largest employment generator behind to agriculture. Textile industry has been help boosting up the India’s economy in a quite strong way .Currently more than 35 millions of people are directly involved with the textile industry in India. Textile industry has contributed 14% of the industrial production in India and nearly 30% of the total export. In 2010, there were 2500 textile weaving factories and 4135 textile finishing factories in all over India which explains the volume of the industry.

• India is the second largest fibre producer in the world and the major fibre produced is cotton. 
• India is known to be the third largest manufacturer of cotton across the globe.
• India claims to be the second largest manufacturer as well as provider of cotton yarn and textiles in the world.

Lists Of Some Leading Textile Centres in India

Place	State	Significance
Ludhiana	Punjab	90% Woolen Garments Produced Here
Bhiwandi	Maharashtra	Largest Number of Power-looms
Panipat	Harayana	Textiles
Channapatna	Karnataka	Wooden toys and lacquer-ware
Varanasi	UP	Handloom
Moradabad	UP	Handicrafts
Bhagalpur	Bihar	SIlk

Handloom is one of the major segments of the Indian textile industry. More than 65 lakhs of people are directly engaged in handloom industry. People involved in handloom are basically do weaving and allied which contributes around 19% of the total cloth produced in India. Even though the modern textile has seen a greater demand among the modern Indians but still there is no replacement of handloom clothes. The artistic touch and innovative art lies in the handmade clothes made It unique and unmatched from other modern textiles, which is the reason behind the phenomenal demand of handloom clothes even in the modern era of India. 

Handloom Machine Used now in India

Handloom industry has a significant role in strengthening the Indian tourism which always attracts tourists. Odisha is one of the Indian states which is well known for its rich Handloom Industry. The mesmerizing ikat art of Odisha is appealing enough to attract any tourists from different parts of India and foreign tourists as well. People come to touring Odisha never forget to bring orissa Handloom stuffs before they go back which considerably promote tourism and contribute to India’s economy as well.

Important Handloom Centres in Odisha

Centers	Products Name
Bargarh	Bed cover, dress materials, tie dye saree, silk saree, coarse saree
Sonepur, Boudh	Silk bomkai, cotton saree, silk tie dye saree
Nuapatna	Khandua and Ikat
Jagatsinghpur	Fine count cotton saree
Kotpad	Vegetable dye saree
Mayurbhanj, Gopalpur, Fakirpur, Mankidia	Tussar saree & furnishing
Berhampur	Silk saree, coarse cotton saree
Kalahandi ,Malkangiri	Habaspuri saree, coarse cotton saree
Bolangir, Sundergarh	Tie & dye cotton saree
Nayagarh, Nawarangpur,	Coarse cotton saree
Puri, Gajapati	Coarse cotton saree
Dhenkanal, Rayagada	Coarse cotton saree

There many exclusive traditional shops are present in all cities and tourists destinations across India where they have wide range of handloom collections of different states which is the traditional shopping style. But now in the internet era there is so many online shops are dealing with clothes including handloom stuffs and some of them are exclusively dealing with handloom clothes. Online shopping has made it easier, cheaper and convenient enough that we can get our wanted stuffs on our door steps no matter where we are. 

Online shopping has turned the world in to a global store. 

Some of the leading Online stores in India

• Ebay
• Flipcart
• Jabong
• Junglee
• Myntra
• Quicker

Chandigarh - The Planned City of India

Chandigarh is a city in northern india, which is capital of Punjab and Haryana. This town is a planned city and was planned along with Bhubaneswar city by architects such as Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Jane Drew and Maxwell Fry. 

Chandigarh called as best planned tri-city by forming 3 towns together from Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula.

Chandigarh has a lot of attractions within the city. Some of them are listed below:

Places to visit:

• Sukhna Lake
• Rock garden
• Leisure valley
• Open hand monument
• Capitol complex
• Cactus Garden
• National Gallery of Portraits
• Garden of Fragrance
• Le Corbusier Centre
• The Government Museum and Art Gallery
• International Doll Museum

Shopping in city also changed a lot during change of time, now they have many shopping centers and branded shops all around  it. Living style of people changed a lot from traditional homes, now it converted to apartments, duplex housed around it.

There are all type of Shops in Chandigarh, but some specific product and services available in a particular area, from which we have listed few if you are trying to shop for specific items: Shopping is really fun and interesting in these places.

Shopping Areas:

• Auto Centers: Sectors 28, 21
• Book Shops: Sector 14, 17, 19, 22
• Electronic Goods: Sector 17
• Fruits, Vegetables and Grains: Sector 26
• Furniture: Sector 34, 7 (Madhya Marg)
• Garment, Shoes, sarees, clothes: Sector 9
• Hardware: Sector 7, 18, 22
• Medical Stores: Sector 11, 16
• Meat and Fish: Sector 21
• Vegetable and Fruit Stalls: Sector 19, 20

As Online Shopping is going up in all part of world, it is same for people living here. now most of the younger generations and mid aged men/ women prefer to buy their sarees, clothing, shirts, shalwar suits, kurta, sun glasses, books from major online shopping sites in India. It gave them freedom to shop and in their preferable time and in best price which is not available in traditional shops around india. Online Shopping also give them time to research on a particular product before they buy it.

Tourism of India always trying to bring visitors to the city and it is easy because most of the tourist take a break here during visiting Solan (Mushroom Town), Shimla (Gardern of India) and many northern place around it.

Staying in this city is not a big deal because we can find all type of hotels and guest houses here. We can choose budget hotels or high end star hotels according to our pocket.

Please share your experience of this beautiful city. Have a enjoyable trip and shopping experiences.

Kerala Tourism - Best Place to Plan your honeymoon

Kerala is the best location for honeymoon for newly wedded couple around the world. 

Best Places to Visit in New Delhi and Shopping List

New Delhi is the Capital of India after it was moved from Calcutta. Delhi is famous for shopping, tourism and politics.

You you never been to New Delhi atleast you must have seen the areas in News Channels and Movies because of headlines of Neta's and rally.

Best Places to See in Delhi:

• India Gate
• Red Fort
• Parliament Building
• Qutab Minar
• Jama Masjid
• Lotus Temple
• Rajpath

If You Stay for few days you can enjoy shopping here in Delhi. Handloom Shopping is best here because weavers and designer have always showcase their product in our capital. Best products like sambalpuri sarees, ikat saris, khandua sarees are always available here to buy. But incase you missed them there are stores who sell through online shopping in India and can deliver them to your desire address.

Known Shopping Area in New Delhi:

• Baba Kharak Singh Marg
• Dilli Haat
• Connaught Place
• Chandni Chowk
• Palika Bazaar
• Greater Kailash
• Karol Bagh
• Sarojini Nagar
• Khan Market

Have Good Trip and Enjoy your Summer Holidays.