Friday, June 26, 2015

Sightings in Puri

Sightings in Puri

Station is choc-a-bloc with passengers when more than one train arrives at the same time or arrival or departure of trains are close to each other. Outside station vendors could be spotted selling their wares and a sorry sight is of garbage that piles up. Perhaps some renovation work of flattening the ground is underway and this part of the space could be utilised to accommodate vendors who are literally on road. As for the book store in the station, on occasions the long meal break time can dislodge your efforts to secure the publication of your choice. Staff is good but the meal break time can go beyond one hour.

From station
- shree jagannath computer care
- bakery items available here
- fast food
- xerox, ice cream, snacks, stationary, grocery
- baba lokanath shop
- mantoo bhai tours and travels

- jhadeswari grocery shop
- mahura chena rabidi
- time inn net
- studio kalpataru
- sahoo general store
- mahalaxmi VT store
-sudarshan craft museum
-maa dakhinakali fruit shop
-The Career
admission open

-1853 puri zila school
- hotel padma  (jittu, deenbandhu were part of courteous staff in the restaurant)
- renuka the puri urban primary consumer cooperative store
- sai tele service
- orissa bakery
- tarini computer
- axis bank atm
now comes gopal sahi chowk
- sbi
- united india insurance co ltd
- students' reliance
turn right
- subash academy
BSE CBSE
+2 math, banking, railway

As far as rama ballav road is concerned the sightings are as follows

-ayurshree spa direction showing inside

- wild grass @good food.pocket friendly
- swaraj scs college hostel
- st xavier high school
- intouch (selling snacks). it also provides coaching of sorts. cbse icse  coaching (III- V)

Further ahead is college road prominent being samanta chandrasekhar college 1944

When you turn left from rama ballav road you reach college road, further ahead turning right you reach hostel square. Keep walking and from here on turning right is amala club road and on left is anna tiffin centre
-anna tiffin centre
south indian
cold drinks available here

-catholic church
- gen nxt internet
And here you reach mochi sahi square

When you reach main post office road there is icici bank branch, atm. Further ahead as you turn left you reach college road. You come across
- odisha computer organisation (board)
- ramakrishna vivekananda vedanta sahitya available
- vendor cart dishing out kolabari chuski chumm
- scs college
- concentric circle a region of mathematics
- hdfc


On dola mandap sahi road
-prasanna kumar sahoo general store
- anupam
- jay jagannath ( good store man)
- Subha Shree in Mahodadhi market


Sightings from grand road to dola mandap sahi road
-Bidya Bhavan
-memory point
- G triangle art & craft
- singhdwar sub post office
- uptodate hair dressers
- kothabhoga khaja shop
- sri jagannath agencies
- aquarium house
- south indian tiffin point
- odisha roop kal mandir
- sbi atm
- cheese cake
- odisha khadi bhawan
- anna idly centre
- senapati sweets
- goldie studio
- ramashree lodge
- baikuntha dham



The stay in Puri was for 10 days. Pooja lodge appeared to be the best bet and the adjoining cafeteria in Sarada lodge run by Sushant was a big advantage.   Rama ballav road was all dug up and it would require months' efforts to restore it back to its glory. There is only big college , SCS College. A young boy residing in the area said people from different places come to Puri but students of the town have to flock to different parts of the country to seek higher education and probable levels of employment. Higher education and extension is something Puri has been denied all these years leading to a large flow of students to other urban centres. Though coaching centres have dotted the landscape, Puri Zila School 1853 remains an important landmark.  

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