Famous Tourist Places of Dhenkanal District

DHENKANAL:The headquarters town of the district, Dhenkanal is ideally located on National Highway No. 42 connecting Cuttack with Sambalpur.The town is clustered with the pinnaclesof several temples dedicated to different deities of Hindu panteon. Natable among them are the temples of Balabhadra, Sambhugopal, Raghunath and Kunajakanta Krishna


KAPILAS :The loftiest peak of Kapilas range enshrines the temple of Lord Shiva Chandrasekhar at height of about 457 meters. The place is identified with ‘Kailash’, the legendary abode of Lord Shiva. A flight of 1,351 steps and also a ghat road lead to the temple. Thousands of devout souls throng to Kapilas on the occasion of ‘Mahasivaratri’, the night consecrated to Lord Shiva in the month of February-March. To the east of the main temple at a higher altitude stands the temple of Narayan and Viswanath.




JORANDA:Famous as the religious headquarters of ‘Mahima Dharma’, Joranda houses the samadhi of Mahima Gosain, the preacherpropounder of the Mahima Cult, The other sacred tamples are the ‘Sunya Mandira’, ‘Dhuni Mandira’ and ‘Gadi Mandira’ Pilgrims in large numbers pour forth to Joranda fair held on full-moon day of Magha which falls in January-February every year.




Saptasajya:Aplace of scenic beauty, Saptasahya is situated at a distance of about 11 km. To the south of Dhenkanal town.A small spring flowing closeby enhances the beauty of the place. It is an ideal place for picnic and relavation.


Saranga:67 km. From Dhenkanal,23 Km. From Angul and 3 km. From Talcher one finds the Anantasyi image of Lord Vishnu on the rocky bed of the river Brahmani at Saranga.