Amazing Facts About ODISHA

Amazing Facts About ODISHA Scenic, Serene, Sublime. Odisha, India is a unique combination of beautiful & exotic locations, vibrant culture and warm & friendly people. Here are a few unknown & Great facts about Odisha. First Defense experiment station established before independence. Now, DRDO Chandipur. 2. Bhubaneswar: The Kalinga War against Ashoka triggered world's first ever missionary activities spreading Buddhism. ww cutefm.org 3. India's Largest Deposit of Iron Ore, Bauxite, Manganeses, Chromite and Nickel. 4. Oldest Lighthouse of Bay of Bengal is at Hukitola of Kendrapara. 5. 1100 Sq. Kilometers of Asia's largest brackish water lake/lagoon - Chilika Lake and home to Irrawaddy Dolphin. 6. Hirakud Dam- largest man made artificial lake in Asia and one of the longest and largest dams in the world. It has been constructed on the Mahanadi River. 7. Konark Sun Temple is a 13th-century Sun Temple at Konark its among UNESCO World Heritage Site. ww cutefm.org 8. Odia is the only Classical Language of Indo-Aryan Origin and only language that has most resemblances with Sanskrit. 9. Puri- Jagannath Temple, has the largest kitchen in the world that serves 10000 to 10,00,000 People based on different occasion. 10. India's Oldest classical dance Odissi originated from Odisha 1I. The Bhitarkanika Mangroves are a mangrove wetland are widely considered to be India's Second largest mangrove and houses worlds longest 12. First Linguistic state of India created in 1936. 13. Home to Largest number of Tribal communities of India. Some being as indigenous as natives of Andaman or Congo Africa. 14. Odisha is home to India's largest number of heritage Manuscripts. 15. Koraput is hope for Bio-Diversity of indigenous paddy variety re- corded by International Union of Conservation of Flora and Fauna. 16. Simlipal is only forest in world having Maximum Orchid variety and having rarest and endangered species of flora and fauna that is found nowhere on this planet. 17. Odisha is home to one of the Ancient University of World the Pus- pagiri University near Jaipur,Koraput, contemporary of Nalanda Uni- versity of Bihar. 18. Odisha is largest manufacturer of Handlooms manufactured at Bar- garh, Sambalpur, Berhampur, Cuttack and Pipli. ww itefm.org 19. Nandankanan is the largest natural Zoo in India and first to get In- ternational Recognition. It is the only Zoo having white Tiger Safari. 20. Odisha is home to India's two largest waterfall one is in Simlipal other is Pradhanpat in Keonjhar. 21. Odisha is the place from where famous Rasagola, Chennapoda, Chennajhili, Kheeri, Chennagaja, Rasabali and others Originated. 22. Chandipur Beach is Among the Top 10 Unique Beaches of the World , the water recedes from 1 to 4 kilometers during the ebb tide. 23. Odisha's Chausathi Jogini temple is one of the oldest tantrik site in India as mentioned in Tantrik Text and Mythology. 24. Asia's Largest Aluminum Plant is NALCO, Angul. 25. Odisha is very ancient & Oldest rocks at Mayurbhanj & date’s back to 3Billion Years. fm www.cutefm.org 0 DI A INTERNET RADIO f/cutefmodia SOURCES: INTERNET DESIGNED BY: [email protected]