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Best Time to Visit : October to March
Rayagada is a popular and beautiful district in the state of Odisha. Tourist coming to Odisha, firstly prefer to visit sea beaches, then some religious places. The next alternate tour while visiting Odisha is the cultural tour or tribal tour. Once, Rayagada was a town in Koraput district. Later it became a district. The place offers true natural beauty surrounded by small hills, meadows, waterfalls and terraced valley. Rayagada has emerged as one of the most popular tourist destination for tribal tourism. It has many charming places that draws attention of the tourists on a large scale. Tribal tourism plays a vital role in the life of the villagers which is completely different world where one can lost in the aroma of simple and interesting tribal life. This tour will leave behind the chaos of cities. After visiting such place, one can gather knowledge of different lifestyles of tribal people who are residing in this region. Rayagada is one of the best destination to explore some cultural ethics that still hold the glimpse of its rural form.
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Laxminarayan Temple, Rayagada: This is a major tourist attraction places in the district of Rayagada. It is located at 25km from Rayagada District Headquarter. This temple was built over 14years back by the IMFA. Hundreds of devotees come here to worship the deities inside this temple including - Laxminarayan, Hanuman, Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra, Subhadra and Lord Shiva.
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Paikapada, Rayagada: It is another popular tourist attraction in Rayagada. Paikapada is famous for its Pataleshwar Shiva temple. This temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva. A large number of devotees come here to worship about 99,99,999 shivlingams which are located here.
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Maa Markama Temple, Rayagada: It is only shrine Shakti peethas of Devi Maa Markama. The temple of Maa Karkama (believed to be the sister of Maa Markama) is situated next to the temple of Maa Markama. Festivals like Dussehra and Chaitra Paraba are celebrated every year at the temple.
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Hatipathar, Rayagada: Hatipathar is another popular tourist destination in Rayagada where one can witness the two lovely waterfalls on the river Nagavali. It is also an ideal place for picnic and enjoy the nature’s beauty. The name has been derived from two Oriya words, ‘Hati’ means Elephant and ‘Pathar’ means boulder.
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Maa Majhighariani Temple, Rayagada: It is a famous shrine where many people come from all over India to worship this shrine. It is a pilgrimage place in Rayagada district of Odisha. The temple is famous for Chaitra-Parba festival that observes puja conducting so many Tribal function near to the temple.
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Local markets and bazaars
Places of Worship:
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Shri Sai Baba Mandir, Rayagada
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Jagannath Temple, Rayagada
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Maa Majhighariani Temple, Rayagada
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Laxminarayan Temple, Rayagada
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Maa Markama Temple, Rayagada
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Rayagada Church (Maranatha), Rayagada
Places of Entertainment:
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There are no entertainment places in Rayagada
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By Air – Visakhapatnam Airport is the nearest airport to reach Rayagada located at around 200km from Rayagada town. The Airport is well-connected with other major cities of India.
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By Railway – Rayagada Railway Station is the nearest railway station to reach Rayagada which is well-connected with major cities like Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Raipur, New Delhi, Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Puri and Vishakapatnam.
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By Road – Rayagada is well linked by State transport buses from all parts of Odisha.
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