Orissa, a land of passion, for beautiful landscapes, abruptly described as a kiss on the cheek of earth for eternity, is surrounded by the Bay of Bengal in the eastern side of India, bordened the slow pace of water. This ancient land situated amidst beautiful lushy green mountains of the eastern ghats.

Orissa is considered to be India's one of the most hidden splendid cultural landscape. A turbulent open auditorium, where the lingering mist of its murky past coaxed easily with the pleasant and bright sunshine of its ongoing heydays. Excepting the coastal strip, most parts of ancient Kalinga betterly known as modern Orissa are still covered with hills and forests. The shady hills, dense forests & dancing streams and the upper wrenches of the big rivers that are located in this beautiful land can hold any one spellbound. The tools of this culture occurring in the secondary laterite pits and cemented coarse gravel of the river sections, are generally made out of the coarse grain quartzite. This is the country of the ancient Kalinga, where flows the river Vaitarani.

Orissa offers a kaleidoscope of sensitive visuals and of natural landscapes for her ancient cultural heritage. In Orissa, the art & architecture have been connected with each other in such a manner that it is difficult to separate one from the other. This has provided a justification to deal with them together. Its magnificent temples, monuments, shrines reverberates with the spiritual energy that permeates the very fabric life amongst her people.

The existing ancient monuments of Orissa covers a period of two thousand years and present many varied and interesting stories. The existing temples of Orissa forms the highest numbers in India.