Tag: Puri

Puri: Devotees at Lokanath Temple here are having harrowing time as the shrine is now flooded with knee-deep water. Sources said water from ‘Parvati Sagar’ tank entered the temple last night causing problems in conduct of daily rituals at the sacred shrine today. A lot of devotees alleged that they could not pay obeisance to […]

Puri: Even though the State government spent Rs 10.63 crore to build hospitals in Puri and Konark three years back, healthcare services still remain a distant dream at these hospitals. Fate of these hospitals is hanging in balance due to an internal conflict between the Health department and authorities of the Ayush training. As per […]

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) will submit an affidavit by end of this month on steps taken after Supreme Court’s directives on Srimandir reforms. The decision was taken during a meeting between SJTA officials and different servitor associations today. According to sources, the meeting discussed how devotees can have smooth darshan of deities […]

Puri: Tension erupted at the District Headquarters Hospital in the pilgrim town of Puri today following allegations of baby swapping. However, later it was found out that the babies got swapped due to confusion on account of similar names of their mothers. According to sources, a woman whose baby was admitted to the Sick Newborn […]

Bhubaneswar: To ensure full-proof security at the Puri Jagannath temple, the State police is mulling over installation of more door frame metal detectors (DFMDs) on the premises of the 12th century shrine, stated DGP RP Sharma today. Talking to media persons Sharma informed, “Frisking of visitors is the priority from security point of view, but […]

Bhubaneswar: ‘Art with a social message’ delights art aficionados the most and this is what differentiates Indian sand art from other artists  around the world, said sand sculptor Sudarsan Pattnaik in a freewheeling chat with odishatv.in on Thursday. Pattnaik will be participating in the 10th Moscow sand art championship 2017 from April 22 to April […]

Puri: Inspiration has an extraordinary knack of surfacing in places where it is least expected. It was nothing less than a dream-come-true for betel leaf farmer Sheikh Jahar when he came to know about his son Sheikh Sagir clearing the Odisha Civil Service examination on Wednesday. Despite financial constraints, Jahar, a resident of Samia village […]

Puri: Mass nesting of endangered Olive Ridley turtles has begun at the mouth of Keluni River in Astaranga of Puri. The Forest department officials have already collected around 136 eggs and kept it at a temporary incubation centre. The officials have dug pits near the incubation centre to store the eggs for 40 to 45 […]

Bhubaneswar: A day after detection of avian influenza virus in four villages under Krushna Prasad block of Puri, a 5-member team today began culling of chicken in the affected poultry farms. While the bird-flu outbreak has mainly affected Sansahi, Malud and Patharganj areas, adequate measures have been taken to ensure that it doesn’t spread to […]

Puri: The finalisation of rates for Mahaprasad (Abadha) will be done soon and later a rate chart will be put up at Ananda Bazaar, informed Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), Pradipta Mohapatra today. The temple administration today carried out the entire cooking of Abadha on the Bhoga Mandap of the shrine to […]

Puri: Rituals were delayed inside Puri Srimandir on the first day of ‘Panchuka’ following which devotees and Habishyalis expressed their disappointment for not getting ‘Abadha’ on time. According to sources, there was a delay in Laxminarayan ‘Besha’ ritual of Lord Jagannath which led to further delay in subsequent rituals. As a result of which the […]

Puri: Controversy surfaced once again after pictures of the secret ‘beshas’ of Lord Gopaljew and goddess Radha of Sakhi Gopinath Temple in Puri went viral on social media on ‘Anla Nabami.’ The picture was reportedly posted on Facebook by one Basudevguddu Swain. Similarly, a devotee from Surat, Tejas Selar uploaded a picture of the interior […]

Puri: Police have made elaborate security arrangements in Puri, especially near the Srimandir, to ensure smooth darshan of the holy trinity during ‘Panchuka’ and ‘Kartik Purnima’. According to sources, 15 platoons of police force have been deployed in and around the 12th century shrine. Puri Superintendent of Police Sarthak Sarangi informed that apart from police […]

Puri: “We lodged a complaint at the police station here, but they refused to take any action stating that they will not interfere in our village issue,” alleged Hrishikesh Sahu of Hatapada village under Satyabadi block whose family has been allegedly ostracised by a kangaroo court of the village in connection with the theft of […]

Puri: Four fishermen suffered critical injuries after an explosion took place on the banks of Chilika lake in Bhagabata sahi under Brahmagiri police limits in the district today. As per reports, the blast took place all of a sudden during construction work of boats. The injured persons have been identified as Abinash Behera, Abhiram Behera, […]