KOLKATA - Home to four Nobel laureates - Ronald Ross, Rabindranath Tagore, Mother Teresa and Amartya Sen, Calcutta renamed Kolkata - the city of Joy, is the nerve centre of intellect and human values, where many modern movements began in art, cinema and theatre, science and industry. The gateway to the East - it is a city with rich heritage, bustling streets and bewildering variety of facets. BHUBANESWAR, the "Temple City of India"- an important Hindu pilgrimage center, where temple building activities of Orissan style flowered from its very inception to its fullest culmination extending over a period of over one thousand years. The magnificent Sun Temple at KONARK is the culmination of Orissan temple architecture, and one of the most stunning monuments of religious architecture in the world. The poet Rabindranath Tagore said of Konark that 'here the language of stone surpasses the language of man', and truly the experience of Konark is impossible to translate into words. PURI - One of the four celebrated religious centers of India- the abode of Lord Jagannath, has a round the year sunny beach.

Day 01 Arrive at Kolkatta and transfer to hotel for overnight stay.

Day 02 Morning city tour of Kolkatta. afternoon board flight to Bhubneshwar. Overnight

Day 03 Morning tour of Bhubneshwar and later leave by surface for Puri enroute visiting Raghurajpur - Patta painting village, Ashokan Rock Edict, Dhauli Peace Pagoda. Overnight stay at the Hotel.

Day 04 Stay at Puri. Later visit Konark sun temple complex. Overnight stay at the Hotel.

Day 05 Morning drive to Bhubneshwar and transfer to airport or railway station for journey to onward destination

MORE extension to this program - tribal tours in Orissa, palm leaf painting, appliqué work etc.