Tag: Puri Srimandir

As per reports, darshan was halted for some time during Pahili Bhoga ritual which resulted in the queue getting longer and longer. A woman devotee reportedly suffering from high blood sugar could not find a toilet and passed urine standing in the barricade.

About 30 teams comprising servitors and SJTA officials on Tuesday left for various parts of the country and state to distribute invitation cards. As per official sources, invitation cards will be handed over to religious heads of various shrines across the country.

The new battalion would have the primary responsibility of providing foolproof security to the temple. The personnel will be specially trained for better crowd management and tourist/devotee facilitation to ensure a hassle-free and orderly darshan by the devotees.

Union Minister Giriraj Singh also slammed the entry of the YouTuber inside Puri Srimandir. Taking to his official X (formerly Twitter) handle, Singh criticised Pandian.

Addressing a presser, the Odisha Pradesh Congress Congress (PCC) President Sarat Pattanayak said that the incident has hurt the sentiments of scores of devotees of Lord Jagannath.

The High Court has given the last chance to the State government in this regard. The next hearing on the matter is scheduled to be held in the first week of January 2024.

The tensile fabric structure will be covered from three sides and will look like a tunnel. It will be set up on 84 metres long and 12 metres breadth, said Prabhat Kumar Panigrahy

Even though restrictions were earlier clamped on consumption/use of tobacco-related products inside the Srimandir premises and there are also provisions for penalty for any violation, such norms were not being strictly enforced, stated SJTA.

All the injured persons, who sustained injuries in the incident at Puri Srimandir during 'Mangal Aalati', have been admitted to admitted to Puri hospital

As per BJP, it’s a planned conspiracy to go for the laser scanning of the Ratna Bhandar instead of opening it.

Several senior servitors, members of the Srimandir managing committee, and devotees of Lord Jagannath have demanded the revival of many extinct services including the ‘Sankha Seva’.

The month is particularly important for the Habisyalis who observe Kartika Brata and worship Lord Jagannath in Radha Damodara Besha during the entire holy month of Kartik.

The BJP wanted the State government and the SJTA to clear the air on the safety of the Ratna Bhandar and the ornaments stored in it. And as the Puri King is the President of the Temple Managing Committee, the saffron party submitted a memorandum urging him to press the State government to take immediate steps to reopen it.

Bijay Patnaik, said, “The Congress is demanding the reopening of all gates of Puri Srimandir which is also the demand of scores of people and devotees. However, keeping the gates closed for some vested interest contractors is condemnable.”

SJTA Chief Administrator Ranjan Das has written letters to the presidents and secretaries of all the servitor Nijogs and hotel owners to create awareness among visitors in this regard.