Tag: Puri

Around a five-foot wide hole has been created due to the caving in of the road.

Coming down heavily on the ruling BJD, senior Congress leader Amiya Patnaik alleged that sub-standard work resulted in the mishaps.

Bowing to the increasing demands from all quarters, the district administration of Puri on Monday reopened the western gate or Paschima Dwara of Lord Jagannath Temple in the pilgrim town. Local residents of Puri are being allowed to enter the 12th century shrine complex through special barricade installed at the gate by producing their identity cards.

The local residents have to produce their ID cards supporting their resident to access the temple through Paschima Dwara, sources informed.

Luckily, the children didn’t fall into the river and their lives were saved.

Taking the emotional aspect of Puri residents with the Lord, another door of Srimandir should be opened for them besides ‘Singhadwara, tweeted Pattnaik.

With the demand for reopening of all ‘Dwaras’ (gates) of Puri Srimandir gaining momentum, the incident has evoked sharp reactions among the devotees and servitors.

It is pertinent to mention here that at present devotees are only allowed inside Puri Jagannath Temple through the gate near Singhadwara. As a result, there is usually a huge rush and devotees have to wait for long hours to gain entry into the shrine.

The bench has directed the concerned department of the Odisha government to remove the 50 ft dumping yard covering eight acres of the area by December 31, 2025.

While Lord Balabhadra will be adorned with ‘Nila Chita’, Lord Jagannath and Devi Subhadra will be decked up in diamond Chita and ‘Manikya Chita’ respectively. 

The Committee also decided to provide Mahaprasad at Uttaradwara by Mahasuara Nijog.

On hearing that Ramesh was going to marry someone else, the victim came to his house at Tota Sahi and sat on the marriage altar. She said she wouldn’t budge till justice is delivered to her. 

Many locals are facing health hazards due to the pollution arising out of the dumping yard and regularly falling ill.

Some pictures and videos of the non-servitors climbing atop the chariots of Lord Jagannath and his siblings Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra have gone viral on various social media platforms.

They also demanded the audit of the Holy Trinity’s ornaments inside the Ratna Bhandar by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).