Tag: Dibyasingha Deb

Puri: Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb, known as the royal servitor of Lord Jagannath, performed the Chhera Panhara of the Trinity on their respective chariots. The Shankaracharya of the Govardhan Mutt paid his tributes to the deities before the Chhera Panhara rituals. The Puri Gajapati came seated atop his royal palanquin from the Raja Nahara or royal […]

Puri: Announcing a slew of various reformative developments for Puri Jagannath temple, the shrine administration on Friday informed to set up a heritage park at Jagannath Ballav Math. Informing this to media persons after attending a meeting chaired by Puri Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb, temple administrator Suresh Mohaptra said in 42 acre land of the math, […]

Puri: The Puri King Dibyasingha Deb has welcomed all developmental projects announced for Puri & Jagannath Temple by the Odisha government. However, he has urged the State government to carry out development works keeping in mind the religious, spiritual & cultural traditions and customs of the holy town. The State government on Thursday had announced […]

Bhubaneswar: An international Jagannath festival will be organised in Delhi next month in which devotees from across the globe are expected to take part. Debates, deliberations, and exhibitions on culture, traditions, heritage and consciousness associated with the Lord will be organised during the six-day ‘Shree Jagannath Mahotsav’ to be held in Delhi from December 8 […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday launched a travelogue written by Gajapati Maharaja of Puri, Dibyasingha Deb. The book, “Majestic Mara”, is based on Deb’s eight-day safari across Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya last year. Unveiling the book in the presence of Kenya’s High Commissioner to India, Willy Kipkorrir Bett, Kenya’s National […]

The fate of this year’s Rath Yatra hung in balance till the very last minute keeping millions on tenterhooks. It got cancelled once, before being reconsidered again. The first servitor of the Lord Jagannath, Puri Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb, who was in the thick of the drama, gives OTV an exclusive first-hand account of what transpired […]