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Covid-19 crisis: KIIT & KISS provide essentials to Tibetan families, monks

April 24, 2020Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Bhubaneswar: KIIT and KISS have extended a helping hand to the Tibetan communities in Jiranga and Chandragiri in Gajapati district in Odisha amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Though the Covid-19 pandemic is not an immediate concern in this far flung area of Odisha, hunger and poverty remains an issue in many settlements in and around Chandragiri. […]

Bahuda Yatra: Puri Gajapati solemnises Chhera Panhara ritual

July 12, 2019July 12, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Puri: Puri king Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb on Friday solemnised Chhera Panhara ritual (sweeping of chariot floors) on the chariots of Lord Jagannath, His siblings elder brother Lord Balabhadra and their sister Goddess Subhadra here on the occasion of Bahuda Yatra (Return journey) of the deities. Bahuda Yatra is the journey of the three chariots of […]

Rath Yatra: Gajapati performs Chhera Panhara ritual with ceremonial gold broom

July 4, 2019July 4, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Puri: Puri king Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb performed Chhera Panhara ritual (sweeping of chariot floors) on Grand Road on Thursday here. The Chhera Panhara is considered one of the most important rituals performed during the annual Rath Yatra. As per the tradition, the first servitor of Lord Jagannath, Dibyasingha Deb arrived in his royal palanquin ‘Tamjan’ […]

Naveen intensifies attack on BJP, terms Central leaders ‘Biradi Baishnab’

April 7, 2019April 8, 2019Odisha News TuneLeave a Comment

Rayagada/Gajapati: BJD president and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday termed the Central leaders ‘Biradi Baishnab’ (hypocrites). The Chief Minister conducted road shows in Gunupur and Bissam Cuttack in Rayagada district and Mohana in Gajapati where he launched a scathing attack at the Centre over negligence towards Odisha and termed the Central leaders ”Biradi Baishnab”. […]