Bhubaneswar, July 3 : Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will visit Odisha July 16, his first to the state after being elevated as the campaign committee chairman of the Bharatiya Janata Party, a party leader said here Wednesday.

During his one-day visit, he is scheduled to go to the Jagannath temple at Puri, about 56 km from here, state party president Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo told reporters.(IANS)