Tag: Daitapati Niyog

Puri: In yet another controversy, the Daitapati Niyog has allegedly issued and sold fake tickets to devotees for evening darshan of Lord Jagannath and his siblings at Adapa Mandap a day before the Bahuda Yatra. It is alleged that though the Daitapati Niyog takes all the money collected from sale of tickets, the body this […]

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 ongoing controversy surrounding the selection of holy timber ‘daru’ used for making idols of the deities at Puri Jagannath temple during the 2016 Nabakalebara festival has now got murkier with Premananda Das Mohapatra, the secretary of Daitapati Niyog levelling serious ‘fixing’ allegations on Saturday. It is not for the first time that allegations […]