Markandesvara Temple, Bhubaneswar – Connectivity

Markandesvara Temple, Bhubaneswar – Connectivity

The Temple is located at about 1 Km from Lingaraj Temple, 1.5 Kms from Garage Square Bus Stop, 3 Kms from Lingaraj Temple Road Railway Station, 4 Kms from Bhubaneswar Railway Station, 8 Kms from Baramunda Bus Stand, 18 Kms from Bhubaneswar New Railway Station, 4 Kms from Bhubaneswar Airport, 30 Kms from Cuttack and 54 Kms from Puri. The Temple is situated on the southwestern embankment of Bindusagar Tank in Badu Sahi, Old town.

The temple is located in a lane before Badheibanka Chowk on Rath Road. The temple is positioned on a low level and can be approached by descending a fleet of steps at the end of the lane. The Temple is surrounded by Akhadachandi Temple, Bindusagar Tank, and Mohini Temple. Bhubaneswar is well connected to rest of India by Train, Air and Land.

By Road:

Bhubaneswar is connected to the rest of Odisha and India by National Highway-NH 16, NH 203, State Highway 13 (Odisha) and State Highway 27 (Odisha). Asian Highway – AH 45 passes through the city. Baramunda Inter State Bus Terminus (ISBT) is the major bus terminus in the city from where buses ply to all the districts in Odisha as well as to neighboring state's cities like Hyderabad, Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, Raipur and Ranchi. City bus service (Mo Bus) runs across Bhubaneswar by Capital Region Urban Transport Authority run by Bhubaneswar Development Authority.

Nowadays popular online cab or auto transport system provided by Jugnoo, Ola, uber are widely used. Auto rickshaws are available for hire and on a share basis throughout the city. In parts of the city, cycle rickshaws offer short trips. Also, CRUT recently has launched Mo Cycle, a public bicycle Sharing platform to curb traffic, reducing pollution in city and providing last mile connectivity in city.

By Train:

Bhubaneswar railway station is one of the main stations of the Indian railway network. It is connected to major cities by daily express and passenger trains and daily service to all metro cities is available from here.

By Air:

Biju Patnaik International Airport, also known as Bhubaneswar Airport, located to the south of the city Centre, is the major and sole international airport in Odisha. There are daily domestic flights from Bhubaneswar to Delhi, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, Vishakhapatnam, Chennai and Bangalore. There are international flights from Bhubaneswar to Bangkok, Dubai and Kualalumpur thrice a week.