Its the capital of the indian state of odisha . It is the largest city in odisha. And it is a centre of economic and religious in eastern india.
Although the modern city of bhubaneshwar was formally established only in 1948. The history of the areasin and around the present day city can be traced to 1 st century bce and earlier. Bhubaneswar is often referred to as a temple city of indiawith puri and konark it forms the swarna tribhuja one of eastern indias most visited destination.