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Museum of Tibal Arts & Artefacts
For anyone considering a visit to the tribal areas, the Museum of Tibal Arts & Artefacts, off National Hwy (NH) 5, is recommended. Dress, ornaments, weapons, household implements and musical instruments are displayed in well-lit and captioned galleries. Behind the galleries are five representative village houses furnished to illustrate traditional life.
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Orissa Modern Art Gallery
Housing a high standard of contemporary art by local artists, this small Orissa Modern Art Gallery also has prints and originals for sale.
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Pathani Samanta Planetarium
The interesting Pathani Samanta Planetarium features hour-long 'out-of-this-world' shows.
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Raja Rani Mandir
The Raja Rani Mandir is an Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) monument, hence the admission fee. Built around 1100 and surrounded by manicured gardens, it's famous for its ornate deul (temple sanctuary) and tower. Around the compass points are pairs of statues representing eight dikpalas (guardians) who protect the temple. Between them, nymphs, embracing couples, elephants and lions peer from niches and decorate the pillars.
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Regional Science Centre
Dinosaur-infatuated kiddies will love the parkland Regional Science Centre with its prehistoric beasties. Included in the admission is a 30-minute movie screened hourly. Other treats are hands-on demonstrations of the laws of physics and displays on astronomy and insects.
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State Museum
The State Museum boasts Orissa's best collection of rare palm-leaf manuscripts, traditional and folk musical instruments, Bronze Age tools, an armoury and a fascinating display of Orissan tribal anthropology.
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Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves
Six kilometres west of the city centre are two hills riddled with the Udayagiri and Khandagiri caves. Many are ornately carved and thought to have been chiselled out for Jain ascetics in the 1st century BC.
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