Odisha Tourism will be hosting a Temple Trail from April 5 to 8 with renowned historian and writer William Dalrymple.
Officials in Bhubaneswar said as part of the #TempleTrail campaign, William will travel in and around the ‘City of Temples’ Bhubaneswar to explore the temples with tourists from all over the world.
He will also be travelling to the Buddhist circuit destinations of Udaygiri, Khandagiri and Ratnagiri followed by a visit to Konark temple.
Tourism Secretary Vishal K. Dev thanked Mr William for accepting his invitation to come over and explore the temples of Odisha with locals and tourists.
William Dalrymple is the author of nine books about India and the Islamic world, including, City of Djinns White Mughals, The Last Mughal and Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India.
He writes regularly for the New Yorker, the New York Review of Books and the Guardian, and is one of the founders and a co-director of the Jaipur Literary Festival.
This year, he was awarded the President’s medal of the British Academy. For most of the year, he lives on a farm outside Delhi with his wife Olivia and his three children. (UNI)
