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The Puri Beach Festival, with Tourism
of Orissa tour packages, offers a kaleidoscopic view of Orissa's
cultural heritage and modern lifestyle. Modeled on the Goa Festival,
the Puri Beach Festival has its own energy and positive vibes that
will make you drop your guard and enjoy every single moment of your
stay in Puri, Orissa during the Puri Beach Festival.
The Puri Beach Festival is held over 5
days, in the month of November, on the Puri beach that is a
popular tourist and pilgrimage destination on its own. Come festival
season and the popular Puri Beach is transformed into the well-lit
colorful venue for the Puri Beach Festival. The festival gives you a
chance to explore the nuances of the inhabitants of Puri, Orissa,
who display a radical attitude towards changing environs and are yet
deeply religious and conservative at heart.
With a backdrop of temples, of which
the Lord Jagannath Temple dominates the skyline, the Puri
Beach is a showcase for Orissa's and India's reservoir of talent.
From cultural events, classical and folk dance performances, sand
sculptures, handicrafts and food festivals to rock
concerts, DJs, beach parties and fashion shows; Puri
Beach Festival has all the ingredients to establish it as an
international festival.
Flagged of with the resonating chorus
of Vande Matram, the Puri Beach Festival allows you to blend in with
the local people and enjoy the greatest of all that constitutes
Orissa's cultural heritage - its people.
Rock your heads with the tunes
of Metallic and Black Sabbath and tap your feet to the local
numbers; feast on the cuisines of Orissa and that of India as
a whole and shop for souvenirs at the handicrafts stores; or
attend a Odissi, Lepcha or Lambadi dance performance
and dance on the beach till the break of dawn.
Co-sponsored by the Ministry of
Tourism, Government of India, the Department of Tourism, Government
of Orissa, Development Commissioner of Handicrafts and the Eastern
Zonal Cultural Center, Calcutta and conducted by the Hotel and
Restaurant Association of Orissa (HRAO), the Puri Beach Festival is
poised to become as popular with international tourists as it is
with the domestic tourists. Here's your chance to enjoy the Puri
Beach Festival in its unspoiled form.
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