Tag: Puri Jagannath Temple

Puri: A three-member team of the National Security Guard (NSG) arrived in Odisha to conduct a security review of the Jagannath Temple here at Puri on Saturday. The team of the elite anti-terrorist squad visited prominent places within the 12th century shrine including Anand Bazaar and held discussions with the officials of temple administration and […]

Puri: In what could possibly help in strengthening security arrangements, a team of National Security Guard (NSG), elite Counter Terrorist Task Force will conduct an inspection at Jagannath Temple in Puri. Official sources said the reconnaissance of Jagannath temple is likely to be carried out for a period of two days from August 28. The […]

Puri: It seems that people have now found a way to get rid of old scrapped notes of Rs 500 and 1,000 denominations which continue to be recovered from several sacred shrines across the country. The Puri Jagannath Temple administration here is also now in a fix as the banned notes continue to be recovered […]

Puri: Suspension order of the nine servitors involved in last year’s Niladri Bije fiasco was revoked by the managing committee of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Thursday after seeing change in their behaviour and conduct. Earlier on July 17, 2016, during the Niladri Bije ritual of Lord Jagannath and his siblings, few servitors had […]

Puri:Nepal President Bidya Devi Bhandari on Friday assured the Jagannath temple administration to take up the issue of shortage of Kasturi (musk collected from a stag’s navel), an essential commodity used in rituals at Puri Jagannath temple here, with the Nepal government. Addressing media persons during her visit to the Puri temple, Bhandari said she […]

Bhubaneswar: In what could act as a bold step in protecting the rights of devotees especially women, the Justice Bimal Prasad Das Commission has recommended for stern action against sevayats and others for such irregularities, official sources said. The Commission in its first interim report submitted to the State Law Minister Arun Sahoo on Thursday, […]

Puri: The Puri police, today, detained Shri Jagannath Sevayat Sammilani (SJSS) secretary Somanath Khuntia for vehemently opposing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s visit to Shree Jagannath Temple. SJSS has warned that Banerjee’s visit to the Puri temple would hurt the sentiments of lakhs of devotees of Lord Jagannath because she has made statements favouring […]

Puri: The first coordination committee meeting for the upcoming Rath Yatra will be held today here at Sadbhawana hall of the district administration. The Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) is set to chair the gathering. Puri collector, superintendent of police, senior district officials and citizens, scribes and the temple servitors would attend the meeting. The committee […]

Cuttack: Justice BP Das Commission, appointed by the Odisha government to suggest reforms in management of Puri Sri Jagannath temple, has extended the deadline of submission of affidavits to December 20. The Commission had earlier set the deadline on December 4 for submission of affidavits. However, considering more than 350 affidavits submitted on single day […]

Close Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras will be installed in and outside the Sri Jagannath temple in Puri during the upcoming Rath Yatra to keep strict vigil on the movements of the visitors. It was decided in a security review meeting chaired by special DG Sanjib Marik at the SP office on Wednesday.

Devadasis were married to Lord Jagannath and accepted him as the "divine husband", and they remained spinsters throughout their lives.

Snana Jatra or the holy bathing ceremony of the sibling deities - Lord Balabhadra, Mahaprabhu Jagannath and Devi Subhadra - is performed at Puri Srimandir every year on Jyeshtha Purnima, i.e., on the full moon day of the month of 'Jyeshtha (May-June). Today, on this pious occasion, the Holy Trinity and Chakradhar Sudarsan took a ceremonial holy bath with 108 pitchers of sacred water and were later adorned in Gajanana Besha. All the rituals were carried out at the Snana Mandap. The Snana Yatra culminates after the Lords are taken to the 'Anasara Ghara' on Pahandi.

Puri: After violence during the bandh called over newly introduced queue system of entry into Srimandir stalled the entire pilgrim town leading to law and order situation yesterday, the administration has now decided to relax the new arrangement and allow the entry of local devotees through three other gates- Hathidwara, Vyaghradwara and Ashwadwara apart from […]

A vehicle reportedly broke through the security cordon and approached the Arun Stambh in front of Lord Jagannath Temple on Tuesday, raising serious questions on the security arrangements at the 12th century shrine.  

Puri: Tension erupted in front of the Jagannath Temple here today after devotees in large numbers tried to barge into the 12th century shrine protesting delay in opening of the temple and rituals of the dieties. Following disruption of rituals amid servitor-police face off over alleged manhandling of a ‘sevayat’ by some police personnel yesterday […]