Phurlijharan () is a perennial waterfall in
Bhawanipatna
Bhawanipatna is a city and headquarters of the Kalahandi district, in the Indian state of Odisha. Bhawanipatna has numerous temples dedicated to different deities of the Hindu pantheon. It is named after the presiding deity, Bhawani-Shankar an ...
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Kalahandi district
Kalahandi (locally pronounced ''Kalahani'') is a district of Odisha in India. Archaeological evidence of Stone Age and Iron Age human settlement has been recovered from the region. Asurgarh offered an advanced, well civilised, cultured and ur ...
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Odisha
Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
, India.
The falls are 16 m high and are known for their multicolored rainbow created on the scattered water because of the reflection of sunlight.
It is a tourist attraction for picnics. The falls are close to the
Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary
Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary () is a wildlife sanctuary located in Kalahandi district and a popular tourist attraction of Odisha in India. Karlapat Wildlife Sanctuary is about 15 km from Bhawanipatna, the district headquarters of Kalahandi ...
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Tourism
Phurlijharan is from
Bhawanipatna
Bhawanipatna is a city and headquarters of the Kalahandi district, in the Indian state of Odisha. Bhawanipatna has numerous temples dedicated to different deities of the Hindu pantheon. It is named after the presiding deity, Bhawani-Shankar an ...
on state highway 44.
Odisha State Road Transport Corporation
Odisha State Road Transport Corporation or OSRTC is the state owned road transport corporation in the eastern Indian state of Odisha. It is acknowledged for its distinguished service for safe and lowest cost of operation with a fleet of 462 buse ...
and private buses connect it with Bhawanipatna and other nearby cities.
Gallery
File:Phurlijharan Entrance.jpg, Entrance
File:Phurlijharan Road.jpg, Road to Phurlijharan
File:Phurli Jharan 07.jpg
File:Phulijharan.jpg
See also
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Bhawanipatna
Bhawanipatna is a city and headquarters of the Kalahandi district, in the Indian state of Odisha. Bhawanipatna has numerous temples dedicated to different deities of the Hindu pantheon. It is named after the presiding deity, Bhawani-Shankar an ...
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Geography of Odisha
Odisha (formerly known as Orissa) is one of the 28 states in the Republic of India. Odisha is located in the eastern part of the Indian peninsula and the Bay of Bengal lies to its East while Chhattisgarh shares its border in the west and n ...
References
{{Eastern Ghats
Kalahandi district
Waterfalls of Odisha