Balighai Beach
Location
:
8-km East of Puri on Marine Drive, Orissa
Famous As
:
Picnic Spot
Main Attraction
:
Baliharina Deer & The Sea
Turtle Research Centre,
The Casuarina fringed Balighai beach, located 8 km from Puri, is a famous picnic spot. The juxtaposition of gentle casuarina-lined river with crashing, desolate ocean coast is a strange and extremely beautiful one. One may also catch a glimpse of the shy Baliharina deer that inhabit the area.
The Sea Turtle Research Centre
is another attraction of this beach.
The juxtaposition of gentle casuarina-lined river with crashing, desolate ocean coast is a strange and extremely beautiful one. One may also catch a glimpse of the shy Baliharina a kind of deer who inhabit the area. The Sea Turtle Research Centre is another attraction of this beach.
Chaurasi
Chaurasi is the site of the shrines dedicated to Laxminarayanan, Amareshras and Barahi. Barahi is a deity dating back to the 9th century AD, worshipped according to tantrik practices. She is a mother goddess with the face of a boar and is depicted holding a fish in one hand and a cup in another. This shrine is 14 kms from Kakatpur on the way to Konark at Chaurasi
