That’s how the call the capital of Orissa state. Durga Puja Festival starts today and I have a problem to find accommodation. But I got it! The clean room in the new Dreamland Hotel near the station cost me more then usually – 700 rs but is woth the price. Recommended!
There were 7000 temples in Bhu – they say. Most of them built in in 1st century. Now some of them are overgrown, but still enough to see.
Lively Lingaraj Temple with its 54-m tower is the holiest one. Entry restricted to the Hindis, but going along the wall to the right you will find a platform which allows you to take a look inside…
Walking around the old town I saw many smaller temples. On the ocassion of Durga Puje Festival they built a lot of little, kitch altarl in the main streets. The city is illuminated in the evening. A lot of music, a noise, the crowd… That’s India celebrating its holiday!
