Tag: Puri Sankaracharya

Puri: Amid the flutter in Odisha over suggestions of the Supreme Court to abolish the heredity system of service by sevayats in the Puri Srimandir and entry of non-Hindus into the 12th century shrine, Puri King Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb on Saturday expressed several concerns related to the proposals. In an exclusive one-on-one interview with OTV, […]

Sankaracharya said the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has not sought his opinion on the reopening of Jagannath temple so far. 

Bhubaneswar: Clearing the confusion over the dates of Maha Shivaratri celebrations this year, Puri Sankaracharya today confirmed that the festival falls on February 14 and not February 13. The devotees of Lord Shiva have been in a dilemma over the date of the festival following different mentions in different almanacs. The Kohinoor press calendar, however, […]

The Sankaracharya has accepted the invitation and he will come to Rath Yatra tomorrow with his six of his disciples.

Puri: Jagannath Sena, a Puri-based outfit led by Priyadarshan Pattnaik, has sought guidance from Nischalananda Saraswati Maharaj on reopening of Lord Jagannath Temple and permission to devotees to witness the Nagarjuna Besha, which the Lord will don after a gap of 26 years. Pattnaik today visited the office of the Sankaracharya at Gobardhan Mutt and […]