Tag: Lingaraj Temple

Bhubaneswar: Shooting in ‘no camera zone’ inside Lingaraj Temple premises has spelled trouble for Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon as the temple administration has lodged an FIR against her. The Lingaraj temple administration lodged a complaint with Commissionerate Police today. “The temple administration was not aware of the incident. Today, we have lodged a written complaint […]

Bhubaneswar: Bollywood actress Raveena Tandon courted controversy by shooting for a commercial in the ‘No Camera Zone’ inside the premises of Lingaraj Temple in Odisha’s capital city of Bhubaneswar. The incident came to the fore after a clip of the same, shot at the restricted parts of the shrine and its periphery, was allegedly uploaded […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of congregation of huge number of devotees at Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar on the occasion of Maha Shivaratri tomorrow, the Commissionerate Police has issued advisory to ensure smooth flow of traffic on the occasion. As per the advisory, vehicles coming from Garage Chhak towards Lingaraj Temple will be diverted towards Samantarapur from […]

Bhubaneswar: Nepal King, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev today visited the Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar and Sakhigopal temple in Puri. Elaborate security arrangements were made at the Lingaraj temple to ensure smooth conduct of rituals and special puja by the king. Asked about darshan, the King said, “I prayed for peace and also to maintain […]

Bhubaneswar:  Nepal King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev received a rousing welcome after arriving at the Bhubaneswar Airport in Odisha today morning. The King is on a six-day visit to the State to attend various religious programmes. The king is scheduled to inaugurate the ‘Mission Wow Cow Goshala’ at Rathipur near Jatani today and will […]

Bhubaneswar: Two accused in the murder of Kasinath Badu, alias Kunu, a servitor of Lingaraj temple, were awarded life sentence on Monday. Bhubaneswar ADJ court awarded the sentence to convicts Kunia Mohapatra and Akshaya Mohapatra. As per reports, Kunu was allegedly hacked to death on the night of August 8, 2010 following a rivalry with […]

Bhubaneswar:  King of Nepal,  Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev is scheduled to visit Odisha on February 7, officials confirmed on Sunday. The king is scheduled to visit Sri Jagannath temple in Puri, Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar and Sakhigopal temple in Puri district apart from attending some other programmes during his five-day long tour in the […]

Bhubaneswar: Demanding restoration of the Bindusagar pond near the Lingaraj Temple here, the BJP today staged Jal Satyagraha in the water body for an hour. Holding banner and placards, the activists led by party state vice-president Sameer Mohanty staged the protest that began at 10 am. The party demanded steps to make the water body […]

Bhubaneswar: In a bizarre case, sevayats and police personnel on duty at the Lingaraj Temple today got involved in heated arguments creating an odd scene at the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. Though no police complaint has been lodged yet, Dhiren Sahu, a police constable deployed at the temple premises, allegedly rebuked sevayats and devotees […]

Bhubaneswar: As the two-day BJP’s national executive meet concluded, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was here for the last two day to attend the grand conference, flied to Surat in the afternoon today with the prasad, which he offered to Lord Lingaraj in the morning. Top party leaders including Odisha chief Basant Panda, KV […]

Bhubaneswar: After assuming office as Prime Minister, Narendra Modi visited the Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar for the first time amidst tight security arrangements and paid obeisance to the deities at the sacred shrine. With chanting of slokas and hymns, Modi performed abhisekh and also offered bel leaves and flowers to the deity at the main temple for nearly […]

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the state, a Special Protection Group (SPG) team, the elite reckoning force responsible for Prime Minister’s security details, headed by IG Jaswant Jethwa reviewed the security arrangements here on Wednesday. The team went to the Airport, Janata Maidan and the Lingaraj temple here and inspected security arrangements. […]

Bhubaneswar: Daily rituals at 11th century Lingaraj temple came to a grinding halt following a conflict between two sets of priests here today. The rituals have been stalled after Maha Baruni Snana rituals of the Lord could not be performed on Saturday following a dispute between the two group of servitors —Bramhan Niyog and Badu […]

Bhubaneswar: After a two-day disruption, the rituals of Lord Shiva at Lingaraj Temple here resumed on Tuesday following a meeting of servitors with the temple administration on Monday. The priests agreed to resume rituals from today after the temple administration took 15 days’ time to settle the dispute over the conduct of Handi Bhanga Yatra. […]

Bhubaneswar: With no daily rituals being performed at the Lord Lingaraj since Saturday, irate servitors staged a road blockade in front of the temple here this morning demanding early solution to the dispute over the decision of the temple administration not to conduct Handi Bhanga Yatra. Though the servitors withdrew the blockade after much persuasion, […]