Key information about Koraput

Area : 8379sq.km

altitude : 2900fit.above sea level.

Population : 11.77.954

Rainfall : 1522mm (Average).

Climate : Minimum Temp :12.0 c

Maximum Temp : 38.0 c

Language Spoken : Tribal Languages, Oriya, Telugu, Hindi & English.

Clothing : Cotton in summer and heavy woolen in winter.

Latitude : 17 40 N to 20 7 N

Longitude : 81 24 E to 84 2 E

How to reach Koraput

BY AIR : Vishakhapatnam (AP) 202Kms.

BY TRAIN : Well connected to Vskp/Vzm/Chennai/BBSR/New Delhi and Kolkata .

BY ROAD : NH 43 Passes through the District

Season to visit : Any time of the year is the right season to visit Koraput.

Explore Koraput : History & Heritage

The history of Koraput goes back as far as third century BC. It originally belonged to the valiant and dreaded atvika people who fought the kalinga war to restore the empire's glory. The region successively came to be ruled by several dynasties : Satavahans, Lkshvakus. Nalas, Ganga kings and kings of Surya Vansha. Finally becoming a district of Orissa state on 1st April 1936.

The origin of the name ‘Koraput’ is obscure. But theories abounded. According to Mr. R.S. Bell former Collector Koraput, the name derives from Kora-Putti meaning ‘the hamlet of the nux-vomica- a tree that was once prevalent in the region. Another theory suggests Koraput is the corrupted form of ‘Karaka Pentho’, Literally meaning ‘hail-stone’. While a folklore says Koraput is named after khora Naiko- a valiant warrior of Nandapur kingdom.

Koraput abounds in the imprints of Orissa’s glorious past. Temples, monasteries and other historical monuments from the medieval period. breathtaking in their beauty and of incalculable historical importance, stand as footprints of time, telling the story of the eras by gone.

Adorned by the majestic Deomali Mountain, Koraput is the most Fascinating manifestation of Creation with her undulating meadows, roaring rapids, whispering forests and terraced Valleys. She offers a splendid blending of natural beauty and ethnic treasures with a sublime Sense deeply interfused. Spread over rural tranquility and great Forest lands, Sprawling grass lands and valleys leading up to Verdant hills makes it a cradle of nature. The muted Song of gurgling brook with melodious call of cuckoo and fragrance of wildflower mirrors natures own eternal Symphony.

Koraput with her Golden autumn and misty mornings of the monsoon months, her Painted Spring and Slumbering Summer Provides Varieties of living Perhaps Unmatched anywhere in the world. The elevating ghat roads spirally ascending the lofty hills and descending the steep valleys with blind curves makes a journey thrilling. Railways passing through tunnels piercing the heart of mountains, winding their way and encircling the green hills touching different picturesque tourist spots enroute brings heaven to earth. In Koraput you realize what wordsworth must have meant when he talked of man’s communication with nature.

Explore Koraput

“Rolex Tour Operators Koraput” is the only travel agency and tour operators in the beautiful hill region of Koraput that nestles among the hills at a highet of3000 feet and has a temperate climatic condition . Koraput is very easy to get to being only 200klms by road NH 43 and rail and road through the beautiful Aruku Valley from Visakhapatnam with its beautiful long beaches and is very well connected with the rest of India by air, rail, and road.

Koraput with its own natural scenic beauty is surrounded by many unspoilt tourist spots Many of these tourist spots have religious importance .The cave shrine at Gupteswar,Sri Jagannath Temple at Koraput, Sri Ram Temple of Dumuriput, Sri Jagannath temple at tribal dominated kotiya just at the foot of Deomali the highest peak of orissa and many more other cultural spots like tribal museum at Koraput, the royal place at Jeypore

The tourists may visit hats (weekely markets) in the near by villages with in a radius of 20 kms. The natural land scapes, geographical phenomena and climatic conditions will be well suited to walking tours for salace seekers.

The annual 3 day tribal festival “Paraab” is held every year from around the 16^th November and is worth enjoyable with tribal dances crafts and special events.

It is a tribal area with scores of different tribes inhabiting the Greater Koraput District from the very primitive Bondas at Onekadeli to the Dongria Kondh at Chatikona. In the weekly markets one can enjoy and interact with these colourful groups of people.

As a tour operating agency we specialise in the following services:

Tribal Tours/Cultural and Craft Tours/Hotel Bookings

Railway Ticket Reservations,/Air Tickets,/Taxi services,

NISHANI MUNDA,SABARA SRIKHETRA,KORAPUT

Malliguda

35Km eastwards of Jeypore is this small village where on a hilltop stands india's highest broad gauge railway tunnel. The place is ideal for weekend picnic.

Damanjodi Nalco

The town came to limelight with the coming up of NALCO-Asia's biggest alumina complex. Nearby stands the highest peak of Orissa, Deomali-an ideal place for trekking.

COFFEE PLANTATION , KORAPUT

Weekly Markets

The weekly markets of Koraput offer a kaleidoscopic view of various colorful tribal communities coming together. Tribals descend frok their hilly abodes on the market to buy, sell, mingle and chat.

KATHI NACHA, KORAPUT

TRIBAL DANCE, KORAPUT

WATER FALL,KOTPAD

NAGESWRI CAVE, NANDAPUR

JAIN TEMPLE SUBAI, KORAPUT