Tag: Jagannath Temple

Puri Srimandir
Despite restrictions, another drone footage of Srimandir aerial view surfaces

While the video fetched a huge number of likes and views on the youth’s social media handle, a complaint has been filed at Singhadwar Police Station in this regard.

  • Monday, 12 February 2024
Puri Srimandir
Ratna Bhandar issue: Odisha govt seeks more time for making Justice Raghubir Das Commission report public

The High Court has given the last chance to the State government in this regard. The next hearing on the matter is scheduled to be held in the first week of January 2024.

  • Friday, 15 December 2023
West Bengal tourist gets duped by cyber fraudsters while booking hotel in Puri online
West Bengal tourist gets duped by cyber fraudsters while booking hotel in Puri online

However, he landed in Puri only to find out that there was no hotel in the name of ‘Swarna Deep’ in Puri.

  • Sunday, 05 November 2023
Puri Jagannath Mandir  Opens Paschima Dwara
Puri Jagannath Temple Welcomes Devotees Through One More Gate, Paschima Dwara Reopens For Townsfolk

Bowing to the increasing demands from all quarters, the district administration of Puri on Monday reopened the western gate or Paschima Dwara of Lord Jagannath Temple in the pilgrim town. Local residents of Puri are being allowed to enter the 12th century shrine complex through special barricade installed at the gate by producing their identity cards.

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  • Monday, 24 July 2023
Puri Srimandir sees huge rush as devotees form human chain for darshan
Puri Srimandir sees huge rush, devotees form human chain for darshan

As the queue extended up to Marchikote Chhak, devotees were asked to form a human chain and enter the temple to have the darshan of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra.

  • Sunday, 28 May 2023
CJI Chandrachud visits Jagannath temple
CJI Chandrachud visits Jagannath temple

Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud visited Jagannath temple in Odisha's Puri on Friday.

  • Friday, 05 May 2023
Ranjan Kumar Das appointed Chief Administrator of SJTA  
Ranjan Kumar Das appointed Chief Administrator of SJTA  

Ranjan Kumar Das, Special Secretary, Odia Language, Literature and Culture Department with additional charge of Director, Odia Language, Literature and Culture, has been appointed as the Chief Administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration, Puri. 

  • Saturday, 29 April 2023
Shree Jagannatha Society UK
Jagannath Temple to come up in London with Rs 250 cr donation from Odisha-origin bizman

The proposed temple set to come up in the suburbs of London, will be built with Rs 250 crore donated by a businessman named Biswanath Patnaik, the Chairman of Finnest Group of Companies based in Dorset, England, to Shree Jagannatha Society UK (SJSUK).

  • Tuesday, 25 April 2023
BJP, Congress targets Odisha govt as Puri Srimandir files go 'untraced'
BJP, Congress target Odisha govt as Puri Srimandir files go 'untraceable'

If the government can’t preserve the crucial files of Lord Jagannath, then it is not eligible to rule Odisha, slammed the Opposition. 

  • Wednesday, 19 April 2023
Rodent menace: Servitors say no to rat repellent machine in Puri Srimandir 
Rodent menace: Servitors say no to rat repellent machine in Puri Srimandir 

This machine named ‘Earth Innovation’produces a kind of humming sound to repellent rodents.

  • Sunday, 19 March 2023
Several challenges await new Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena
Several challenges await new Odisha Chief Secretary Pradeep Jena

Jena along with his wife visited Srimandir for the darshan of the Holy Trinity and also reviewed the construction work of the Srimandir Parikrama Project.

  • Wednesday, 01 March 2023
Pushya Abhishek rituals of Lord Jagannath in Puri Srimandir today
Pushya Abhishek rituals of Lord Jagannath in Puri Srimandir today

According to puranas, Lord Ram was coroneted on this day after his return from 14 years of exile.  

  • Friday, 06 January 2023
Beggar Tula Behera From Phulbani
Woman beggar donates life’s savings of Rs 1 lakh to Lord Jagannath

While displaying the selfless act, her love for Lord Jagannath made her donate all her money for renovation of an old temple for the Lord at Phulbani in Odisha. And the timing of the donation could not have been any better than Dhanu Sankranti.

  • Friday, 16 December 2022
No Phones Into Srimandir
Officials, Servitors Now Barred From Taking Smartphones Into Puri Jagannath Temple

From January 2023, no one, including servitors and other officials, will be allowed to carry smartphones into Puri Jagannath Temple.

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  • Friday, 16 December 2022
Garbha Gruha Pics Viral
Bangladeshi YouTuber arrested for circulating pics of Puri Jagannath Temple Garbha Gruha

Puri Singhadwar police on Tuesday arrested a YouTuber for circulating the pictures of the Sanctum Sanctorum of Puri Jagannath Temple on social media.

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  • Tuesday, 29 November 2022
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