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Excel Guest House (Bhuwaneswar) - Comfortable Accommodations for the Budget Conscious. President of India Award Winner.

All rooms have King or Queen Size beds with split Air Conditioner, Cable TV, telephone, refrigerators, separate dressing room. A Dining Room serving Indian & Chinese Cuisine. Lobby Places for discussion, working & reading. A working room with Wi-Fi, coffee & fast food facility. Nearby attractions - #Konark Sun #Temple, Jagannath Temple (Puri) and the Chandaka #Elephant Sanctuary. Excel Home Guest House, Plot No. 357, Kolathia,Khandagiri, Bhubaneswar. Phone: 0674 2470789

Tasting India's coveted holy sweet

Getting your hands on a Tirupati laddoo is not easy. To eat the famous holy sweet, given as an offering at one of India's holiest Hindu shrines, Tirumala Tirupati, you don't need to shell out a lot of money. The #temple in southern Andhra Pradesh state provides two laddoos at a subsidised cost of 10 rupees ($0.15; £0.11) each, and customers are allowed to buy another two at 25 rupees each. But "allowed" is the key word here. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-36832237

India's temples urged to share their gold

Donating #gold to #temples is a tradition for many Indians, but the government wants to take the precious metal out of the vaults and put it into the economy. http://www.bbc.com/news/business-36682698

India Shani temple to allow women worshippers

Authorities of a Hindu shrine in India's western Maharashtra state have decided to allow female worshippers enter the inner sanctum, reports say. This followed weeks of protests by women's activists demanding entry to the Shani Shingnapur #temple. The temple has for centuries been open only to men, one of the few in India to preserve the tradition. Last month the Bombay High court affirmed the right of women to pray inside all temples. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35994602

Finding Peace (and Quiet) In India's Tamil Nadu

For two decades, Guy Trebay has been escaping to this serene corner of southern India—and while its sacred #temple towns, extravagant mansions, and gracious people are now deeply familiar, he finds it’s still a place for unscripted adventure. http://www.cntraveler.com...quiet-in-indias-tamil-nadu

Hindu god issued with court summons in east Indian state

Summons ‘erroneously addressed’ to Hanuman after case filed against #temple in Bihar for encroaching on government land http://www.theguardian.co...-court-summons-bihar-india

Enough is enough: India women fight to enter temples

For centuries, #temples and shrines in India have used "tradition" to keep women out, but now women are increasingly fighting for their right to worship, writes the BBC's Geeta Pandey in Delhi. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-35595501

Hindu temples in southern India enforce western clothing ban

Madras high court has ordered #temple authorities in Tamil Nadu to refuse entry to people in jeans, shorts and other garments. #FlightsToIndia http://www.theguardian.co...force-western-clothing-ban

Konark Temple: stories in stone celebrate miracle of the sun

For many visitors, this is as good as it gets, but just half an hour away by road is the spectacular #Konark #Temple and this is the real reason I’ve come to Puri. “Here the language of stone surpasses the language of man,” wrote 1913 Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore. http://www.theaustralian....ory-e6frg8rf-1227393452626

India: History & Culture

Mahaparinirvana temple in Kushinagar, a 1956 shrine at a bend of the road leading out of town. The shrine contains a 20-foot sandstone statue from the fifth century A.D. of the dying Buddha, lying vacant-faced on his right side. Since it was discovered in a temple ruin in 1876, the iconic figure has drawn thousands of devotees, who leave offerings of fruit, flowers and candy. #temples

India: Travel & Tourism

Passengers aboard the Maharaja Express' seven day Delhi-to-Kolkata trip visit dozens of sites in eastern Indian including the #temples of Khajuraho, the tigers at Bandhavgarh National Park and the bathers of the Ganges River. All itineraries begin or end with a visit to the #TajMahal. The train will operate September through April. Rates start at $5,600 a person for a seven-day trip. #IndianRailways

India: Travel & Tourism

Like other #temples in the region, Meenakshi Temple of Madurai is Dravidian in form, a tall, broad but slightly pyramiding tower with dark, dank interiors. The Dravidians, darker-skinned people driven south by invaders from the north, had no arch or dome to lighten their places of worship.