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Rath Yatra this year is being conducted with participation of devotees. For past two years , devotees were not allowed in view of the COVID19 pandemic. Here are some images of how Rath Yatra looked like then and now.

Amid the gradual reopening of various temples and places of worship in the state, the Odisha Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) and the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) have come up with a standard operating procedure for darshan at Puri Srimandir.

Lakhs throng Badadanda to witness the annual Rath Yatra of the Holy Trinity. Here are some telling pictures from the grand event..

  Puri: Law Minister Pratap Jena, through a written reply, informed the Odisha Assembly today that Puri Srimandir’s Ratna Bhandar (treasure trove) contains 128 kg gold ornaments, 221 kg silver utensils & other puja items. The minister was replying to a question raised by BJP MLA Dilip Ray. Due to various reasons, weight of 14 […]

  Puri: A day after ‘Mahaprasad’ was made available to devotees after four days of impasse, Niti Prasashak (temple ritual administrator) has submitted a report to Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA). The report mentions the names of some servitors from different Nijogs primarily responsible for disrupting conduct of rituals. The report has […]

Lord Jagannath being taken to the Chariot in Pahandi ritual as the Holy Trinity began their return journey to Puri Srimandir in Bahuda Jatra today.

Jagannath is the Lord of the Universe. People find innovative and unique ways to show their devotion & offer worship to Him. A devotee from Balabhadrapur village under Niali Block of Cuttack district has come up with this unique idea.

On the eve of Rath Yatra, acclaimed sand artist and Padma Shri Sudarsan Pattnaik sculpted the biggest 3D sand art of Lord Jagannath's chariot (Nandighosa) at Puri sea beach in Odisha. The sand sculpture is 43.2 feet long and 35 feet wide.

This year too, Deba Snana Purnima of the Holy Trinity will be held without devotees at Puri. In view of the grim pandemic situation and extension of curbs by the state government, Deba Snana Purnima, the ritualistic bathing ceremony of Lord Jagannath and His siblings on June 24 will be observed sans devotees like last year. SJTA (Shree Jagannath Temple Administration) chief Krishan Kumar informed that Puri Srimandir will remain out of bounds for devotees till July 25th and a decision regarding allowing devotees for darshan would be taken after Rath Yatra.