Monasteries can also be found in  Orissa,  famous  amongst  them  being  the  Buddhist caves & monasteries at Ratnagiri, Lalitgiri and Udayagiri  near  Bhubaneswar.  Seven  kilometers  from  Bhubaneswar, one  comes  across the  Jain  caves at  Ratnagiri.  90 km from Bhubaneswar, two monasteries have been excavated.

The Orissa state Museum in Gautam Nagar opposite Hotel Kalinga-Ashok  Bhubneshwar. The collections in this museum includes palm leaf manuscripts, stone inscriptions and tools, copper plates,  coins,  excavated artifacts, folk musical instruments, tribal portraits, and an interesting display of Orissa’s tribal anthropology.

On the way to Puri, around 7 kms from Bhubaneswar, is Sisupalgarh.