On a sunny morning in Ratnagiri, that forms the Odisha Buddhist Circuit along with Lalitgiri and Udayagiri, I was enjoying a healthy breakfast at my hotel (Toshali Ratnagiri Resort). After the toothsome affair, I decided to step out and take the journey afterwards in my own hands. Roaming around the hotel premises, I came across one of the hotel staff members who happened to be the same person who helped me during my check-in in the morning. The guy really seemed very much friendly and out-spoken and the way his hands would twirl around and turn up were an adjective to his words.
After a deep discussion and some facts about this part of Odisha that embraces a deep serenity and tranquility, he told me that the place has a famous Archaeological Museum that happened to be a few minutes away from Toshali Ratnagiri Resort. So there I was on my way to the first attraction in Ratnagiri, as I was heading towards the direction he told me, he reminded me to pay a call to the monastery that is accessible from within the museum. So slowly I started heading towards the Museum that is located in Ratnagiri, one of the famous Buddhist Places in Odisha.
As I came up to the museum within a few minutes, I was totally spell bounded by the architecture of the museum, after buying a mere 5 INR ticket. As soon I went inside I was introduced to a state-of-the-art infrastructure comprising galleries with long stepped corridors. Each of the corridors was adorned with art objects and antiquities from the 5th to 13th century AD. The museum that had a total of four well built galleries houses stupas, sculptures, inscriptions, terracotta seals, terracotta figures, ornaments, decorated bands, glass bangles, coins and many numerous things. Thereafter, I went on towards the monastery that boasts century old history and is a vital name when it comes to the Buddhist Places in Odisha.
