Tag: Yatra

Puri: The ashes of former Prime Minister Late Atal Bihari Vajpayee were immersed in the Bay of Bengal at Puri today. As part of the BJP’s ‘Asthi Kalash Yatra’ across the country, urn containing the ashes of Vajpayee (Asthi Kalash) were brought to Bhubaneswar yesterday. The ‘Asthi Kalash’, was taken to Puri in a grand […]

Puri: Five days ahead of the annual Ratha Jatra of the deities, Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Friday gave a clean chit to the servitors in connection with the Snana Purnima fiasco. It was alleged that a number of servitors, in-charge of the ceremonial bathing rituals of the Trinity, had allowed thousands of devotees […]

Jammu: The annual pilgrimage to the Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine remained suspended for a second consecutive day on Thursday following a forest fire, police said. Around 25,000 pilgrims were currently stranded at the Katra base camp for clearance to start the uphill trek to the shrine located in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district. However, helicopter […]

Bhubaneswar:  As the nation celebrated its 71st Republic Day on Sunday, with a grandeur display of the whole might of Indian heritage, culture and military strides, the rolling out of Rukuna Rath tableau from Odisha on the majestic Rajpath in the national capital has brought a paradigm shift in tableau shows. As per governance observers, […]