My state Orissa formerly known as Utkal which literally means the best in arts & crafts is the birth place of many antique art forms like "Chandua" & "Patta Chitra". The "Pattachitra", one of the fascinating art form of orissa has a tradition that goes back centuries. It represents puranic cultures & classical romances, with vibrant colors & superb craftsmanship. The term "Pattachitra" has its origin from sanskrit. Patta means bastra & chitra means the painting. The use of thick natural vegetable colors on the textured surface of palm leaf or tussar silk clothes creates a rich elemental look that can not be matched by any of the contemporary oil paintings or portraits.The art depicts a combination of folk & classical elements. This is the art of story telling using visual language. Raghurajpur near Puri is famous destination of these art forms. The "Pattachitra" artists take more than 1 month to complete a single painting. Normally you will find "Pattachitras" telling you the stories of Lord Krishna. Here you have options like Krishna Leela, Lord Krishna's Mathura gaman, Putana badh & many more. But the one which i liked the most & bought is "Krishna Leela".
On our 1st wedding anniversary my husband & I decided to go to Wonder la, the amusement park situated in Bangalore- Mysore highway. It opens at 11 am. It is around 45 km from our place. So we started at 9:30 am & reached there around 11:15 am. :) thanx to traffic of Bangalore. As it was a Tuesday the ticket was priced 450. For weekends & holidays the ticket is priced 570+ 5% entertainment tax. It's one of the craziest amusement park. With mind-blowing water & land rides, Wonder la has all the ingredients to make you scream for more. Due to weekday there was less rush. There are around 50 rides. Out of which around 10 are only for kids. Our 1st ride was "Mixer". It's a high thrill ride. It gyrates & moves u in all directions. Then we ride through Wonder la bamba, crazy wagon, crazy cars, merry ghost, termite coaster, drop zone & many more. But the real high thrill ride was "Y-scream". Eight set of capsules each set holding 4 riders are suspended from a bow like structure from a height around 20 meters. The bow swings & turns like a giant wheel while the capsules themselves turn on their axis, making you scream. The sky wheel is situated above a 15 storied building. Initially i was little afraid to go there. But later i decided to go. But it was not at all a high thrill ride. It moves very slowly & the boxes are also closed. The friendly fishes are also very nice. The water rides are also very exciting. We really enjoyed the wave pool, wavy fall, lazy river & boomerang. The rain disco was also very exciting. There is also a musical fountain & laser show. But that day the show was cancelled. There are 3 restaurants. We tried the vegetarian food. But that was average. But finally i would like to say it's a nice place for cool hangouts. We really enjoyed it.
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