Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) has announced special tour packages for the ensuing Rath Yatra festival in Puri, slated for July 14.
The Grand Central Hotel rooftop package will cost Rs 4, 199 per head for tourists from Bhubaneswar and Cuttack. Tourists from Sambalpur will have to pay Rs 5, 249 to avail the facility.
Sambalpur tourists will leave on July 13 evening for Puri via Bhubaneswar and will be back to Bhubaneswar on July 14 after the event. They will have their dinner at Bhubaneswar Panthanivas. Similarly, the economic group can avail the package at a cost of Rs 2, 099 per head for the Jagannath Ballav Mutt rooftop.
The AC buses for both the packages will leave from Bhubaneswar Panthanivas to Puri by 6 am. The Jagannath Ballav Mutt rooftop package arrangements will be operated only from Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.
The package includes AC transport, breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, snacks and guide service.
For booking, one can log on the official websites http://www.panthanivas.com/rathyatra/ and https://visitodisha.org/