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About Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha. The city is popularly known as City of Temples and it is famous for its rich ancient heritage, especially its historic monumental temple. Bhubaneswar has been known as Nagar Kalinga, Kalinga Nagar, Toshali, Ekamra Kanan, Mandira Malini Nagar also. This city is lively, green, and clean, with a rich cultural life, and it has scenic views. The modern city of Bhubaneswar was designed by the German architect Otto Konigsberger in 1946. Culture of Bhubaneswar      Bhubaneswar is famous for its Odissi dance form. The Odissi dance originated in Odisha. Odissi is considered by some historians as an offshoot of the Hindustani Classical music of northern India- although the two are quite distinct from each other.                                                              Education in Bhubaneswar      With more than 100 educational institutes Bhubaneswar's educational landscape is extensive, with prestigious schools, universities, an

     It was a pleasant evening of a tiring day in the late 1940s. A pastry chef named Sudarsan Sahu was shutting his small sweet shop and decided to mix sugar in the leftover chenna [a form of cheese] and put it on an Indian chullah by-mistakenly, and on the next day, a magnificent dish was introduced named chenna poda [baked cheese]. Then he made some small modifications and presented this dish which started its journey from a small village named Dasapalla, Nayagarh of Odisha and now touching the heart of most Indians.           It may be noted here that the district administration in Nayagarh has asked all the Odisha government offices to celebrate “World Chhena Poda Day” on April 11. Nayagarh district administration has already applied for GI tag to ' Chhena Poda ', a popular baked cheese dessert of Odisha. Main Ingredients : Chhena [cheese], sugar, cashew nuts, raisins, cardamom