Puri a city in central Orissa on the coast of the Bay of Bengal, 60 km. from Bhubaneshwar. Puri is one of the four holy sacred places (dhamas) of Vaishnava India (Puri, Dwarka , Ramesvaram and Badrinath ), it is believed that the Vaishnava pilgrimage to the temples is not complete without a trip to Puri.