Koraput is a city in the state of Orissa, but it is quite near the borders of neighbouring states Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. It is in a hilly area. The aircraft engine plant of Hindustan Aeronatics Limited (HAL) is located at Sunabeda about 20 km from Koraput. National Aluminium Corporation (Nalco) operates at Damanjodi near by.

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The famous rath yatra is the main event. "Parab" is a Tribal Festibal organised by Unicef every year in November 16th to 18th Where you can find different tribes culture at one place who demonstrate their Dance and Arts. It is als a time to shop Decorated and handicraft items made by tribals. So be there without a miss to celebrate banda.

* Sabara Srikhetra Jagannath Temple
* Tribal Museum (be hind the Jagannath Temple)

Hill stations

Being at the heart of tribal belt in south orissa, it has also many hill station tourist attractions though they are not that famous as other hill stations of India. Places like Machkund, Onukadelli, Jalaput, Chindri, Hatipathar, etc. are places to be visited for its scenic beauty.

Sabara Srikhetra

Koraput is mostly famous for its Jagannath Temple which is also known as Sabara Srikhetra. Srikhetra is normally referred to as Puri Jagannath, but the unique identity of the Koraput temple is because of the fact that no section of the society is barred entry. Sabara Srikhetra was founded by, among others, Sri Abhaya Chandra Mohapatra, the then Public Relation Officer of the Government of Orissa, Sri Krushna Chandra Panigrahy,the Present Secretary of Sabara Srikhetra Temple and Dr Nirod Gochhayat. Thousands flock to the temple every day for darshan. The Temple trust has built huge accommodation centres for pilgrims and is an important force behind the growing number of tourist arrivals. The trust also runs COATS (Council of Analytical Tribal Studies), a university–like educational institute is a successful attempt to restore and educate tribal way of life, customs, tradition, medicine, language, social structure and history.