Puri Beach Festival
The Puri Beach Festival, with Tourism of Orissa tour packages, offers a kaleidoscopic view of Orissa’s cultural heritage and modern lifestyle. Modeled on the Goa Festival, the Puri Beach Festival has its own energy and positive vibes that will make you drop your guard and enjoy every single moment of your stay in Puri, Orissa during the Puri Beach Festival.
The Puri Beach Festival is held over 5 days, in the month of November, on the Puri beach that is a popular tourist and pilgrimage destination on its own. Come festival season and the popular Puri Beach is transformed into the well-lit colorful venue for the Puri Beach Festival. The festival gives you a chance to explore the nuances of the inhabitants of Puri, Orissa, who display a radical attitude towards changing environs and are yet deeply religious and conservative at heart.
With a backdrop of temples, of which the Lord Jagannath Temple dominates the skyline, the Puri Beach is a showcase for Orissa’s and india’s reservoir of talent. From cultural events, classical and folk dance performances, sand sculptures, handicrafts and food festivals to rock concerts, DJs, beach parties and fashion shows; Puri Beach Festival has all the ingredients to establish it as an international festival.
Flagged of with the resonating chorus of Vande Matram, the Puri Beach Festival allows you to blend in with the local people and enjoy the greatest of all that constitutes Orissa’s cultural heritage - its people.
Rock your heads with the tunes of Metallic and Black Sabbath and tap your feet to the local numbers; feast on the cuisines of Orissa and that of india as a whole and shop for souvenirs at the handicrafts stores; or attend a Odissi, Lepcha or Lambadi dance performance and dance on the beach till the break of dawn.
Tours to Puri Beach Festival, with Tourism of Orissa tour packages, offers you a chance to have a blast on the beach that is sacred to Hindus as it is popular with beach lovers and swimming enthusiasts.
Co-sponsored by the Ministry of Tourism, Government of india, the Department of Tourism, Government of Orissa, Development Commissioner of Handicrafts and the Eastern Zonal Cultural Center, Calcutta and conducted by the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Orissa (HRAO), the Puri Beach Festival is poised to become as popular with international tourists as it is with the domestic tourists. Here’s your chance to enjoy the Puri Beach Festival in its unspoiled form.
