Bhubaneswar
also spelled Bhubaneshwar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa,
officially spelled Odisha. The city has a history of over 3000 years
starting with the Mahamegha-bahana Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh
near present-day Bhubaneswar
as their capital. Bhubaneswar has been known by names such as Toshali,
Kalinga Nagari, Nagar Kalinga, Ekamra Kanan, Ekamra Kshetra and Mandira
Malini Nagari (City of Temples) otherwise known as the Temple City of
India. Bhubaneswar, literally means the Lord (Eeswar) of the Universe
(Bhuban).[6] It is the largest city of Orissa, and a center of economic
and religious importance in the region today.
Bhubaneswar's
possession of magnificent sculptures and architectural heritage,
coupled with the sanctity as Ekamrakshetra make this one of the great
religious centres of Orissa since early medieval days. With its large
number of Hindu temples (over 600 in number), which span the entire
spectrum of Kalinga architecture, Bhubaneswar is often referred to as a
Temple City of India and together with Puri and Sun Temple Konark it forms the Swarna Tribhuja (Golden Triangle); one of the most visited destinations in East India.
The
modern city of Bhubaneswar was designed by the German architect Otto
Königsberger in 1946. Like Jamshedpur, Chandigarh, it is one of the
first planned cities of modern India. With the Chandaka reserve forest
on the fringes, the city with an abundance of in-city greenery, is one
of the cleanest and greenest cities of India.
Bhubaneswar
replaced Cuttack as the political capital of the state of Orissa in
1948, a year after India gained its independence from Britain.
Bhubaneswar and Cuttack are often commonly together known as the
twin-cities of Orissa. The metropolitan area formed by the twin cities
has a 2011 population of 1.4 million. Bhubaneswar is categorized as a
Tier-2 city. An emerging Information Technology (IT) hub, the boom in
the metals and metal processing industries have made Bhubaneswar one of
the fastest developing cities of India Tour in recent years.
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