Demolition of Mangu Mutt near Puri Jagannath Temple begins

Puri: The Puri district administration on Monday began demolition of Mangu Mutt, which has a historic significance for the Sikh community, amidst tight security arrangements, barely two months after Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh requested his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik to spare the religious institution. However, the mutt’s sanctum sanctorum will be spared and only […]

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Devotees throng Puri Jagannath Temple to witness divine Snan Yatra, Hati Besa

Puri: Thousands of devotees thronged Jagannath Temple on Monday here to witness rituals of Snan Purnima or Hati Besa of Lord Jagannath and His siblings, the prelude to Rath Yatra, which begins on July 4. On the auspicious occasion, Lord Jagannath and His siblings, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra, and Sudarsan were given a ceremonial […]

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Puri Rath Yatra: No drones, choppers on Grand Road

Bhubaneswar: Low flying objects like helicopters and drone cameras on the Grand Road and Jagannath Temple premises in Puri will be prohibited on the day of Rath Yatra for security reasons, informed DGP Dr Rajendra Prasad Dharma on Tuesday. Ahead of the annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and His siblings in Puri, the DGP […]

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Pak Hindu team to visit Puri Jagannath Temple on Sunday

Bhubaneswar: A Hindu representative team from Pakistan would visit the Jagannath Temple at Puri, Sun Temple at Konark and Lingaranj Temple in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. The Odisha International Centre (OIC) and the Omkar Nath Mission (ONM) would facilitate their visits to the shrines and felicitate them. The representatives would have darshan of Lord Jagannath on […]

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Power supply to be restored in Puri Town, Nimapara and Konark NACs from tonight: CM

Puri: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday reviewed the ongoing relief and restoration works in Fani-ravaged Puri district and said that Puri Town, Nimapara and Konark Notified Area Councils (NACs) will get power supply from tonight in a phased manner. “Puri district gets its electricity sourced through three lines all of which were badly damaged. […]

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CM writes to Centre for ASI inspection of Fani-hit Jagannath, Konark temples

Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday wrote to Union Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma requesting him to send a high-level team of experts of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to assess the damage caused to the Jagannath Temple, Puri and Sun Temple, Konark by cyclone Fani that barreled through the eastern coast in Odisha’s Puri district on […]

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Jagannath Temple case: Amicus Curiae submits report, SC sets April 2 as next hearing

New Delhi: Former Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, who was appointed as Amicus Curiae by the Supreme Court in January to assist it in framing guidelines for managing the administrative affairs of Jagannath Temple in Puri, submitted a detailed report to the apex court on Tuesday. The court has asked all the sides to present their […]

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Mob violence: Amicus Curiae Gopal Subramaniam to visit Puri tomorrow

Bhubaneswar, October 5, 2018: Gopal Subramaniam, who was appointed by the Supreme Court as Amicus Curiae to oversee 12 proposed disciplinary reforms in the Jagannath Temple in Puri, will visit Puri on Saturday to take stock of circumstances leading to large scale mob violence that erupted on Wednesday over the opposition to introduction of queue […]

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