Tag: Puri

Odisha Elections 2024: BJD brainstorms on preparedness for Puri and Kendrapara LS seats
Odisha Elections 2024: BJD brainstorms on preparedness for Puri and Kendrapara LS seats

BJD leader Arup Patnaik, who had unsuccessfully contested in the Bhubaneswar  Lok Sabha segment, may be given a party ticket from the Puri LS seat while veteran leader Prasanna Patasani may be fielded from the Chilika Assembly seat, reliable sources said.  

  • Monday, 18 March 2024
Puri Srimandir Parikrama AC Barricade Billed Over Rs 14 Lakh In 2 Months, Disrupts Budget Of SJTA
Puri Srimandir Parikrama AC Barricade Billed Over Rs 14 Lakh In 2 Months, Disrupts Budget Of SJTA

In order to alleviate the plight of devotees who wait on queues for hours in the open to have darshan of Lord Jagannath, the Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) had installed an air conditioned tunnel near the Singhadwara.

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  • Monday, 18 March 2024
Electricity consumption of AC tunnel turns 'costly affair' for Srimandir administration
Electricity consumption of AC tunnel turns 'costly affair' for Srimandir administration

In the last two months, the electricity bills of the 84-metre long and 12-metre wide AC tunnel barricade were pegged at a whopping Rs 14.17 lakh. To reduce such a huge cost of power consumption, some devotees and servitors have suggested the use of solar energy. 

  • Sunday, 17 March 2024
Cultural programmes planned on Srimandir Parikrama Marg from Dola Purnima
Cultural programmes planned on Srimandir Parikrama Marg from Dola Purnima

Mahari dance will be organised every evening while Vedic mantras will be chanted near the Singhadwar every morning from 6 am to 7 am. Then ‘Nama Sankirtan’ will be orgnaised on Srimandir Parikrama Marg. 

  • Sunday, 17 March 2024
Bombs hurled at bike repair shop in Puri
Bombs hurled at bike repair shop in Puri leave 2 injured; accused arrested

The video of the incident has been captured by the CCTV camera installed nearby the place. 

  • Saturday, 16 March 2024
Puri Srimandir has two more secret Ratna Bhandars?
Puri Srimandir has two more secret Ratna Bhandars?

As per reports, Ramchandra Dasmohapatra, the Badagrahi of Devi Subhadra, claimed that two more Ratha Bhandars are underneath the sanctum sanctorum of Lord Jagannath and there are two entry points for Mahaprabhus’s Bhandar. One entry is used by servitors while the other entry is lying closed.

  • Monday, 11 March 2024
Scam alleged in Rs 1.60 crore spent on Puri Srimandir barricades 
Scam alleged in Rs 1.60 crore spent on Puri Srimandir barricades 

If the reply to RTI queries made by an activist is anything to go by, the Public Works department, Puri spent crores of rupees for just erecting temporary barricades. 

  • Thursday, 07 March 2024
Four ‘Bangladeshis’ Enter Puri Jagannath Temple; Nine Non-Hindus Detained By Police
Four ‘Bangladeshis’ Enter Puri Jagannath Temple; Nine Non-Hindus Detained By Police

Puri Srimandir management is once again in the news after alleged entry of some non-Hindus into the shrine on Sunday. At least four non-Hindus and that too from neighbouring Bangladesh entered Srimandir in Puri.

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  • Monday, 04 March 2024
Netherlands National Robbed In Puri
Robbed of valuables by cabby, foreign tourist stuck in Puri for a month

The tourist has been identified as Anthony Van Arkel. Rendered penniless by the theft, he has been staying at the Niladri Nilay shelter since then.

  • Friday, 01 March 2024
Divyang devotees can now go inside Puri Srimandir; read on for details 
Divyang devotees can now go inside Puri Srimandir; read on for details 

In a piece of good news, Divyang devotees visiting Srimandir in Puri can now go inside the temple and have darshan of Lord Jagannath and His siblings. 

  • Thursday, 29 February 2024
Railway Level-Crossing At Matiapada, Puri
RoB at Puri’s Matiapada to be a reality soon, land acquisition finished

As per reports, the required land acquisition has already been completed. The contractor is now working towards constructing the drainage system following which electric poles will be shifted paving the way for the service road on both sides of the proposed bridge.

  • Saturday, 24 February 2024
ASI to start repair of Nata Mandap’s cracked beam from tomorrow
ASI to start repair of Nata Mandap’s cracked beam from tomorrow

ASI superintendent DB Garnaik said, “The conservation work of the Srimandir Nata Mandap has already been started. Many components of its conservation work like roof-tightening and leak plugging have been completed. The only work left is the repair of the cracked beam.”   

  • Thursday, 22 February 2024
Theft in Puri Mukteswar temple: Three arrested; two idols, ornaments seized
Theft in Puri Mukteswar temple: Three arrested; two idols, ornaments seized

Police were investigating a bike-lifting racket. While interrogating some accused about the racket, police then only came to know about their link with the temple burglary. 

  • Monday, 19 February 2024
Alleged encroachment of Puri SCS College land
Puri SCS College land ‘encroached’; students, locals warn of agitation

As per the allegations, some staff quarters in the second campus of the college have been demolished. Moreover, some portion of the 23-acre college land has been illegally encroached upon with iron wire fencing around it.

  • Sunday, 18 February 2024
Boundary wall for the airport in Puri
IDCO invites tender for Sri Jagannath International Airport in Puri

A target has been set to complete the construction work within 1,095 days. As per reports, the online tender process will start from February 21 and technical bids will be opened on April 21, 2024.

  • Sunday, 18 February 2024
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