Things that people make. Or. Humans and Rocks.

[profundamente]

There are beaches alongside the Oriya coastline.  Little crabs look like spiders and scuttle suddenly into little holes in the sand. Walking where the waves come to your feet leads to little bite marks being felt. Baby crabs. There is some renowned sand sculpture who lives around Puri.  This must be his work.  It is a bit destroyed.  We went for a

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[arunshanbhag]

what a coincidence! Over the weekend I was just reading about the Konark Sun temple and the jagannath temple at Puri!

Let us know where all to visit in that region.

That Birla temple looks magnificent!

[profundamente]

really? you want to visit orissa? i can suggest a few places. i did visit jaganath temple and we were so so so close to jaganath! mayfair lodge is really nice and has hotels in puri and also bhubenswer. the beach/river/sea confluence is at a wildlife reserve in between puri and konark. of course there is also the shanti pagoda on the outskirts of bbsr and a cool rock cave (along with other temples like lingaraj (my most intense temple experience)in the city.

birla is everywhere in calcutta! one of those industrial powerhouse families. i would have loved to visit more of their museums if i had time.

[arunshanbhag]

yes. Planning a trip to India in sept/oct and wanted to see these two temples and some R&R around there. Mom wants to see the temples of TamilNadu. So lets see how it goes. Don't think we can combine both - even though they are close by. Will prolly write to you as we firm our plans.

Glad you are getting to travel and enjoy as well; and I hear its actually cold in Delhi! :-))

hopefully you plan to share more pics! :-P