Kendrapada is known as the Tulasi Khetra. Epics reveal the fact that Lord Balram killed Kenderasura here. He married his daughter Tulasi and settled here. It is one of the old districts of Orissa. This district is famous for the temple of Lord Baladev Jiew. A grand car festival is held...

Kendrapada is known as the Tulasi Khetra. Epics reveal the fact that Lord Balram killed Kenderasura here. He married his daughter Tulasi and settled here. It is one of the old districts of Orissa. This district is famous for the temple of Lord Baladev Jiew. A grand car festival is held here annually which draws a mammoth crowd. The river Gobari flows through this district.

Important places

Kanika Palace : Kanika palace is the silent proof of glorious history of Kendrapara. King Rajendra Narayan Bhanjadeo laid the foundation stone of this palace on 9th June 1909. The palace was completed within the time period of ten years. This palace still has some antiques in it.

Vitarakanika Wildlife Sanctuary : This wildlfie Sanctuary started on 22nd April 1975. This sanctuary consists of 650 sq.km coastal area of Kendrapara, Jagatsingpur and Bhadrak district.

Dangamal : A crocodile project was established at Dangamal where there is a rare variety of crocodiles.

Gahiramatha : Gahiramatha is the breeding ground for several endangered species of sea turtles.

Ratnagiri-Lalitgiri-Udayagiri hills : It is near to kendrapara. It's environs comprise a remarkable Buddhist complex around it. HiuenTsang,the chinese pilgrim found it to be the seat of a flourishing Buddhist university called Puspagiri. It had equal status with Takshyashila and Nalanda. Extensive ruins of brick pagodas, sculptured stone portals and esoteric Buddhist images testifying its ancient glory, have been unearthed. Ratnagiri is the gem of the complex.The magnificently carved door jamb of the Vihar and the superbly finished Buddha images form perhaps the greatest concentration of the post Gupta period Buddhist sculptures.

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