Tag: Puri

Byanjana Dwadashi, a special festival for Lord Sri Krishna, was celebrated with traditional gaiety and fervour at the pilgrim city of Puri on Sunday. On the occasion, over 850 traditional dishes were prepared and served to the Lord at mutts and temples.

The invitation will be sent to the Holy Trinity at Srimandir in a grand procession following all the traditional rituals.

BJP demanded that a case should be registered against Pandian and Jani by Srimandir Temple Administration under IPC Section 295 A and both of them should be arrested immediately.

Devotees and servitors have demanded to ensure smooth and disciplined solemnisation of rituals of the deities on the day. 

Devotees visiting the shrine will be encouraged to carry puja materials like flowers and bhogs in paper, cotton bags, bhogei, small bamboo containers, and small wooden baskets inside the temple, said SJTA chief administrator Ranjan Das.

The SJTA administrator said Pahili Bhoga ritual will commence for the deities in the Srimandir from December 16 till January 14, 2024. The meeting discussed the ritual schedule and a decision was taken to open the doors from 2 am every day till January 14, 2024.

‘Mahadipa’, a huge diya, is lifted atop the temple late in the evening by the Chunara servitors, following which 1 lakh diyas will be lighted on the Grand Road tomorrow.

Though the Srimandir Heritage Corridor Project is being constructed with a budget of crores of rupees, no conception of a museum in the project has left several devotees of Lord Jagannath disappointed.

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

Speaking at a religious programme in Surat, Gujarat on Wednesday, the Puri seer expressed his anguish and lamented, "Nobody cares for my advice. The administration, Srimandir management committee, and the servitors all maintain a distance from me.

Under such circumstances, some servitors of Srimandir have put a question mark on the completion of the project in time.

Culture Department Director Dilip Routray said that other than the beautification of the mutts, no other construction work will be made in the prohibited area.

Following an order from the Orissa High Court in 2018, a team of 17 members examined the condition of the Ratna Bhandar, but they could not enter inside as the key of the Ratna Bhandar was not available. 

As per tradition, they will also sail boats, either made of paper, plantain trunk or thermo cool, in water bodies and on the sea in Puri. They have started preparations for ‘Danga Bhasa’ (boat sailing) on Kartik Purnima on Monday.

After ‘Abakasha Niti’, the Holy Trinity gave darshan to the devotees by wearing ‘Patabastra’, special ornaments and garlands made with attractive flowers.