Puri district is one of the most sacred pilgrimage sites for Hindus, Situated along the coast of Bay of Bengal in the state of Odisha. Puri is also known as Jagannath Puri. It is considered as one “Dhaam” among four holy “Dhaam” in India. The holy script of the Skanda Purana describes Puri as the resting place of Lord Vishnu. Apart from this Puri district is famous for its golden sea beach and black pagoda or sun temple of Konark. The famous heritage art village Raghurajpur is in this district, where artisans paint world famous Pattachitra painting. Puri Khaja, Khechuudi, Dalma has its own special flavor.
The repair work of the Nata Mandap will start on February 23 and will continue till March 19. A decision in this regard was taken at the Chhatisa Nijog meeting held on Tuesday.
Police were investigating a bike-lifting racket. While interrogating some accused about the racket, police then only came to know about their link with the temple burglary.
Youth activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opposed MLA Samir Ranjan Dash's visit and showed him black flags in the Nimapara constituency on Saturday.
The victim alleged that Trinath called her husband from her house to the mango orchard. The accused gave her husband liquor before attacking him by tying up his hand and legs. It was around 10.30 pm in the night and when her husband screamed for help, she rushed to the spot.
A special train will soon roll between the two pilgrim cities of Puri and Ayodhya. Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Thursday informed this on the sidelines of an ROB foundation stone laying ceremony in Puri.
The confusion over the dates of the celebration of Pana Sankranti, the Odia New Year, came to an end with the Mukti Mandap of Srimandir putting its seal on April 14.
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.
While the identity of the accused has not been revealed by the SJTA yet, the matter came to the fore after the peon was caught stealing cash on the CCTV cameras installed inside the counting room.
Puri SP Pinak Mishra said, “We will investigate their forward and backward linkage -- who others are involved in it and from where the two were procuring the banned substance. Their distribution network is under scanner. The two will be thoroughly interrogated.”
The deliberations in the meeting centered on preparing an error-free calendar for the coming Odia year with accurate astrological calculations to determine the days and timings of the upcoming festivals and rituals.
In the video, a police officer was purportedly seen hitting the youth, identified as Nrusingha Pradhan of Hasanpur village under Pipili block, with a baton.
Speaking to the media, ASI superintendent (Puri Circle), DB Garnayak said that the crack was an outcome of cabling and pipeline laid on the structure. “The crack has been inspected and the crack-ridden part will be replaced with a new stone structure in two or four days. Its design has been made,” he informed.
Damodar Mahasuar, who is in the Srimandir committee to examine the quality of the rice, alleged that the rice packets opened yesterday were suitable for cooking but the rice packets brought to Srimandir today are unsuitable to prepare bhog because it is mixed with par-boiled rice.
As per reports, the servitors of Suar and Mahasuar Nijog were allegedly involved in a dispute with other servitors following the Bada Snana ritual of the Lord. It resulted in delay in Bhoga coming out of the Bhoga Mandap even though it was prepared in the afternoon.
ASI conservation assistant Jyotiprakash Pradhan inspected the part where the crack has appeared. He said,“The portion of the temple where the crack has appeared was covered with earth earlier. Parts of the temple sides were under encroachment. It is being cleared. Due to the Parikrma project, the earth was cleared and the crack has become visible."
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