Daringbadi


Daringbadi is a hill station in Kandhmal district of Odisha state in eastern India. Widely known as "Kashmir of Odisha",, it is situated at a height of 3000 ft and is a popular tourist destination.
Back in the days of the British rule, there was a British officer named Daring Saheb who was in charge of this place. Over the years, this place was named after him, which spelled DaringBadi with Badi meaning village. More than 50% of the population here constitutes ST community of aboriginal tribal races.
The temperature level of Daringbadi has often been recorded below 0 °C. It is also famous for its production of superior quality of organic turmeric which already got the G.I. tag. It is also famous for ginger harvesting.

Travel

Daringbadi can be reached from Bhubaneswar, the state capital by regular bus services. The nearest railway station is at Brahmapur.
Daringbadi can be reached from Brahmapur either via Sorada which is near about, or via Bhanjanagar - G.Udayagiri which is around or via Mohana-Bramhanigan route which is around.
It is about from Phulbani, from Balliguda and from Raikia.