Central Tourism ministry adds 4 more Orissa villages to the village tourism list
Angul, Arts village, Bargarh, Central govt. schemes, Ganjam, Handicrafts, Khordha, Puri, Raghurajpur, Village Tourism, Waterfalls October 5th. 2007, 11:41amUpdate: The Orissa government tourism home page has a link to the list of tourist spots in Orissa.
In 2002-03 Raghurajpur (in Puri district) was the first village to be put in this list. This was followed by Pipli (in Khordha district) in 2004-05 and Khiching (in Mayurbhanj district) in 2005-06. The four new villages that are being added are Hirapur (in Khordha district), Barapali (in Baragarh district), Padmanavapur (in Ganjam district) and Deolajhari (in Angul district). Hirapur is famous for the 64 Yogini temple and the villages around it also make a lot of bronze utensils and artifacts. Barapali is famous for Pata Sarees – Sambalpuri style, while Padmanavapur is also famous for Pata Sarees – albeit of a different style. Deolajhari is near a waterfall. Following is Dharitri’s report on this. 
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