Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) today served notices to nine servitors in connection with the alleged mismanagement in Lord Jagannath’s Brahma Parivartan in 2015, based on the report by the then Chief Administrator of the temple. As per sources, the notice has been served to eight Daitapatis and one Moharana of Puri Srimandir […]
Puri: Biswajit Biswal today replaced Pradip Dash as the new administrator (Niti) of Puri Srimandir and said that maintaining co-ordination among the servitors to ensure smooth conduct of rituals would be his top priority. After accepting charge on Monday, Biswal assured that all the problems would be solved through mutual cooperation and understanding. However, he […]
Puri: Raking up the issue of ‘fixing’ in selection of sacred timber ‘daru’ used for making idols of the deities at Puri Jagannath temple during the 2015 Nabakalebara festival once again, the secretary of Daitapati Niyog Premananda Das Mohapatra demanded a detailed probe into such discrepancies. Mohapatra questioned how all the three sacred trees were […]
Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has served notice to 11 persons in connection with Brahma Parivartan fiasco case in 2015 based on the report by then Chief Administrator. After a review, the notice was issued by the sub-committee to 10 Daitapatis and 1 Maharana servitor for delaying rituals of the holy trinity. During the […]
Puri: A day after the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration announced that the report on the Brahma Parivartan Fiasco will not be made public even through RTI queries, the Opposition today launched scathing attacks on the ruling-BJD government over the decision. BJP has termed the move as ‘unconstitutional’ and a ‘violation of basic human rights’. Party […]
It is a fraud on people. First, the then chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Suresh Mohapatra, for reasons that have never been explained, took over two years to complete the investigation into the fiasco in the all-important Brahma Parivartan ritual of the Holy Trinity during the Nabakalebara in 2015. [Considering that […]