Bhubaneswar: The development authority's heritage cell is developing a website - www.bhubaneswar.me - to act as a helping hand for visitors planning to explore the city.

With quality videos and photographs, the website will be a collage of visual compilations to represent the city on a modern and smart canvas, with all the ancient monuments prominently displayed "with artistic touch and aesthetic balance".

"The importance of the City of Temples - famous for its Hindu, Buddhist and Jain monuments - is increasing among travellers. The city's image as a hub for international sports is also adding more events to its annual calendar. Keeping these in mind, the Bhubaneswar Development Authority has decided to promote the happening destination on a more user-friendly platform," said the authority's vice-chairman Krishan Kumar.

The website will be unveiled during the World Hockey League, which will start on December 1 and continue till December 10.

The website will have all tourism-centric information - such as the heritage circuits, temples, parks and recreation zones, shopping (art, crafts and hi-fashion) arenas, getaways, tours and shows, museums and galleries, festivities, events and exhibitions, sports, hotels, restaurants, Odia food zones, centres for learning local cuisines and last but not the least - the history and genesis of the urban hub from historic city to modern a "smart city".

Apart from the information on the city and history, the website will also have information on 10 must-see places, weather, public transport and emergency numbers for the immediate use of the perspective user. It will be desktop and mobile screen friendly.

"The entire exercise will be focussed to help a person, who wants to get each and every data on the city's heritage at the click of a button," said Kumar.