Rayagada district is spread in an area of 7585 sq.km. It is on the way to Koraput from Berhampur. It has beautiful water falls at Hatipathar. Also Minajhola has a nice picnic sopt. And at Padmpur, the shrine of Manikeswar Shiva, is identified to be the seat of Dharmakirti, the Buddhist Logician-Philosopher.