News from Puri

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.

Woman devotee beaten up inside Puri Srimandir, havildar suspended
Woman devotee beaten up inside Puri Srimandir, havildar suspended

Puri SP Kanwar Vishal Singh said that such incidents will not be tolerated and reoccurrence will be prevented in future. 

Lunar Eclipse 2022
Total Lunar Eclipse: Timings of Chandra Grahan tomorrow in various places of Odisha

The total lunar eclipse can be seen from various places of Odisha tomorrow (Nov 8) at the time of the moonrise. The eclipse will begin at 2.39 pm and end at 6.19 pm.

‘Ragging’ in Odisha College: Victim girl student approaches SME Minister, seeks justice
‘Ragging’ in Odisha College: Victim girl student approaches SME Minister, seeks justice

Though she brought the matter to the notice of hostel warden, her compliant was allegedly not heard.

Huge crowd at Puri temple
Panchuka: Harrowing experience for devotees to have Lord Jagannath’s darshan

Due to heavy rush and delayed temple rituals, devotees had a tough time to get the darshan of Lord Jagannath. On the other hand, all rituals of Lord Jagannath got delayed causing resentment among devotees.

President Murmu's Family Priest In Srimandir
Family priest of Droupadi Murmu awaits her Srimandir visit, this time as President of India

If Droupadi Murmu's earlier visits to Srimandir brought joy for Mayurbhanj priests, the upcoming visit bears a special significance as she will be visiting as the President of India.

President Murmu
President Droupadi Murmu's first Odisha visit on Nov 10 after assuming office

President Murmu will reach Bhubaneswar on November 10 morning and will go straight to Puri Srimandir to seek obeisance of Holy Trinity. Later, she will return to Bhubaneswar and where she will be accorded civic reception at Raj Bhawan in Bhubaneswar.

Srimandir Chhattisa Nijog Meeting
SJTA revises Srimandir rituals, food abstinence timings on lunar eclipse; check details

Since Kartik Purnima will also be celebrated on the day, scholars and astrologers were advised to reschedule all the rituals and offerings of different prasads.

Shankaracharya Nischalanand Saraswati At An Event In Raipur
‘Jesus Christ was a Hindu,’ Puri Shankaracharya rakes up controversy

As per Shankaracharya's claims, there is no documentation about 10 years of Jesus’ life in the Bible. The fact is, Jesus was in India during that time and out of that, he stayed at Puri for three years during which he came in contact with the then Shankaracharya.

Technical panel finds cracks in Puri Gundicha Temple
Technical panel finds cracks in Puri Gundicha Temple

Puri Srimandir Technical Core Committee during an inspection in the ancient shrine found some distress appearing on three out of 4 columns, informs the chairman of the panel Professor SK Bhattacharya.

Stone falls from Puri Srimandir
Stone falls from Puri Srimandir, second such incident in a week sparks concern

A huge piece of stone had reportedly fallen from the same place last Sunday (October 23).

Puri Collector Samarth Verma Among Habishyalis
Outrage over Naveen bhajan by Habishyalis in Puri

The bhajan included all kinds of praise from the saviour of the elderly to ‘Karunasagar’ and Lord Jagannath’s ‘Chalanti Pratima’, forcing the Opposition to allege that the administration has written it in order to create goodwill in favour of the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) ahead of the 2024 elections.

Accused can’t access case diary, rules Orissa High Court
Drones to monitor illegal prawn ponds in Odisha wetlands

The districts in which the drones will be deployed are Balasore, Kendrapara, Puri and Ganjam.

Sun Temple At Konark
RTI report reveals huge irregularities in ticketing at Konark Temple, Khandagiri caves

Local ASI officials, entrusted with collecting tickets from visitors were allegedly involved in ticket recycling affecting up to Rs 50 lakh loss to the ASI coffers every month.

Solar eclipse: Elaborate arrangements in place for rituals in Puri 
Solar eclipse: Elaborate arrangements in place for rituals in Puri 

The eclipse will take place at 4:56:52 pm and the Sarva Moksha will occur at 6:26:52 pm. Cooking, food intake and rituals of deities are prohibited from 4.57 am. 

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