Bhubaneshwar

Editor's Note

A walk through the winding lanes might pop up a question - could this be Khajuraho? And the reason is clear when you watch the Kamasutra carvings that define the walls of temples. The temple complexes are such graceful structures that it is tough to imagine that Bhubaneswar was once the site of one of the bloodiest battles in the history of India - the Kalinga War, which of course, softened and transformed King Ashoka into one of the greatest antiwar kings. All said, the Bhubaneswar that your see today is distinctly metropolitan - in the swanky five star hotels, modern coffee houses and multiplex movie halls. But even this has a charm and all metropolitan wonders fail to take away the essence that these stories in stone render.