Famous Tourist Places of Kalahandi District, Visit to see Temples, Dense Forests with wild life, Water Falls

Kalahandi, a district of Orissa, India, was known as Mahakantara (Great Forest) in ancient India. It is also known as Karunda Mandal, which means treasure of precious stones like karandam (Manik), Garnet (red stone), Beruz, Neelam (blue stone), and Alexandra etc. Kalahandi was a feudatory of earstwhile Kalinga-Utkala empire of Gajapati rulers of Orissa.


AMATHAGUDA:Amathguda is a fort, situated on the right bank of the river Tel to the place where the road leading towards Balangir crosses the river.

AMPANI:77 K.Ms from Bhawanipatna the picturesque Ampani hills present a panoramic view of nature. A frolicking vally called "Haladigundi" in thishill range exhibits some peculiar features due to the reflected rays on the sun.In the morning and evening the objects of vision appear yellow. The whole area abounds in spotted deer, Sambar and Black Panthers who can be seen at the Behera reservoir. 5 K.Ms away are the pre-historic cave paintings at Gudahandi.


GUDAHANDI:The Gudahandi hills are situated in the vicinity of Khaligarh, a tiny villoage close to the Koraput District boarder, about 17.6 K.Ms North-East of Ampani. Ampani is 77 K.Ms from Bhawanipatna on the road towards Nawarangpur.




PHURLIJHARAN:Fifteen Kilometres fromBhawanipatna, Phurlijharan is a perennial water fall about 30 Ft in height and has a special charm of its own. Themulticoloured rainbow created by the sunrays falling on the scattered water particles of the fall is an amusing sight to be seen. The evergreen forests around the fall provide ample opportunities to group picnickers.