Odisha is home to the Hirakud Dam, one of the longest dams in the world. Odisha has several popular tourist destinations. Puri, with the Jagannath temple near the sea (famous for Rath Yatra or the Car Festival), and Konark, with the Sun Temple, are visited by thousands of tourists every year. The Jagannath Temple of Puri, The Sun Temple of Konark, The Lingaraja Temple of Bhubaneshwar and the Barabati Fort of Katak are important in the archaeological history of India. Odisha ,Oriya or Orissa, is a state of India, has many tourist spots and tourism hotels
Rourkela Steel Plant,IT consulting firms, including Mahindra Satyam, TCS (Tata Consultancy Services), MindTree Consulting, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Infosys have large branches in Odisha. IBM, Syntel and Wipro are setting up development centers in Odisha. Bhubaneshwar is well connected by air, rail and road with the rest of India. The Biju Patnaik airport Jharsuguda Airport Keonjhar Airport
Rourkela Airport is being expanded to accommodate wide bodied aircraft. Port of Paradip Port of Dhamara
