- 6 Nights / 7 Days
- Destinations Covered
Bhubaneswar – Dhenkanal – Sonepur – Sambalpur – Puri
- Hotels
- Group Tours
Transport- Sightseeing
Day 01: Bhubaneswar – Olasing Textile Village
- Arrival at Bhubaneswar and transfer to the hotel.
- An excursion trip to Olasingh textile village where you will find very friendly people who are keen to invite you to see their great work.
- Enjoy the traditional tiger mask dance.
Day 02: Bhubaneswar – Nuapatana – Dhenkanal
- After breakfast departure for Nuapatna to discover the special tie and dye patterns known as ikat. They use silk, tusser etc. You can witness here all the steps involve starting from silk cocoons until the finished product.
- Afternoon if desire sees the excellent Dhokra metal work at sadeibareni village.
- Rest and relax at Dhenkanal Royal palace- A heritage property.
Day 03: Dhenkanal – Sonepur
- After enjoying a royal breakfast drive to Sonepur to explore the textile villages around the temple town Sonepur.
- Visit Baidyanathpur and sagarpalli villages to see the various silk, tussar weaving work and the products.
- Overnight stay in a basic hotel.
Day 04: Sonepur – Barapali – Baragad
- Enjoy the sunrising boat ride in the Mahanadi river.
- Then proceed to Barapali to visit the textile market.
- Also visit the various cooperative weaver societies and the textile centers. Overnight stay in a hotel at Baragad.
Day 05: Sambalpur – Puri
- Drive to Sambalpur to see the best sarees in exotic design named sambalpuri Pata, bichtrapuri etc.
- This place is famous for cotton tassar, bapta with jalla.
- Visit the various textile centers. Catch the overnight train for Puri.
Day 06: Puri – Alandhua – Pipili
- Arrival in Puri and transfer to a beach side hotel. Free morning. Afternoon visit the Alandhua textile villages where the weavers weaving only the traditional wrappers, napkins.
- Then visit Applique village at Pipili where the Muslims are doing the colorful umbrellas and stitching and hand knitting work which are mostly used in the Hindu temples.
Day 07: Puri – Konark – Calcutta/Mumbai/Delhi/Hyderabad
- Departure for your onward destinations. If time permits visit the extraordinary sun temple at Konark.
