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.
As per the IMD’s latest weather bulletin, light rain is likely to occur in several districts from January 17 (tomorrow). Apart from rain, dense fog conditions are also likely to occur at some parts of the state in the next couple of days as well.
As per initial reports, there was a huge rush at the Jagannath temple in the early hours today to get darshan of the deities.
The boat had set off from the Gada jetty under Krushnaprasad block in Puri district with 20 devotees who were going to Goddess Kalijai shrine to have darshan on the occasion of Makar Sankranti today.
Life of Akash has come crashing down after his father’s death. Now he has been forced to take up a job as a night watchman in the pilgrim town.
The special rituals will begin after the Madhyanha Dhupa (mid-day offering) of the Trinity and the special prasad will be taken out on a procession around the Temple with the beatings of gongs.
The eggs were moved from the pit to a temporary breeding centre.
Foreign devotees can meet Puri Gajapati, Adi Shankaracharya and servitors. Then, they should not be debarred from meeting Lord Jagannath inside the temple, pointed out Lal.
The woman cricketer has been identified as Rajashree Swain. The young cricketer was part of a 25-member team who was part of a cricket training camp.
Swain was seen wiping clean the tables and chairs in his office with the Tricolor and the video of the incident went viral among social media users.
Maharathy's son Rudra Maharathy inaugurated the park just before panchayat elections.
Odisha Vigilance sleuths caught Sanjaya Kumar Panda red-handed for allegedly taking Rs 18,000 bribe from a complainant in order to submit a case diary in a PR case.
The tranquiliser shot was fired at 9.40 am and the elephant lost its sense completely at around 11 am.
Ranjita has brought such allegations against her father, stepmother and others as they used to torture her sister Monali and were against her studies and were forcing her to do household work.
As per initial reports, the bus was carrying passengers from Madhya Pradesh on the religious excursion. “We were inside the temple when the bus caught fire,” said an elderly devotee.
Because of this ongoing construction work, tourists and local people coming to the grand road, temple or hospital are experiencing problems.
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