Tag: Rath Yatra

Puri: The second coordination committee meeting for the upcoming Rath Yatra will be held today on the premises of Gopabandhu Ayurved College here. RDC A B Ota (central range) is scheduled to chair the meeting at 11 am. The committee will discuss progress of works decided in the first coordination meeting held last month. Construction […]

Puri: The entire pilgrim city of Puri will be declared a no-fly zone during Rath Yatra, stated DGP Odisha KB Singh at the coordination meeting organised here on Monday for the upcoming Rath Yatra. He stated this in regard to the discussion on security measures that topped the agenda of the meeting besides discussing crowd […]

Puri: Though the second co-ordination committee meeting for the upcoming Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath is scheduled tomorrow, the continuing impasse following last year’s Niladri Bije fiasco and posters put up today urging servitors to boycott the meeting have thrown questions over smooth conduct of the annual sojourn of the Trinity. The Sevayat Sammilani had […]

Puri: Barely a month after the Jagannath Sevayat Sammilani urged the servitors’ community to stay away from Ratha Yatra coordination committee meeting through posters, the priests body once again put up posters at various places near Sri Jagannath temple today requesting same ahead of the second meeting for the mega religious event. Protesting against the […]

Bhubaneswar: Thousands of devotees lined up at the Lingaraj temple here to pull the chariot of Lord Lingaraj on the auspicious occasion of Ram Navami on Tuesday. The chariot, known as Rukuna Rath in local parlance was pulled on the Rath Road amid beating of gongs, cymbals and blowing of conch shells. The chariot which […]

Puri: The first coordination committee meeting for the upcoming Rath Yatra was held at the Sadbhawana Hall of the district administration here today with Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) AB Ota chairing the meeting. Maintenance of discipline for smooth conduct of the annual festival was the main focus of the meeting. The RDC said ensuring coordination […]

Puri: The first coordination committee meeting for the upcoming Rath Yatra will be held today here at Sadbhawana hall of the district administration. The Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC) is set to chair the gathering. Puri collector, superintendent of police, senior district officials and citizens, scribes and the temple servitors would attend the meeting. The committee […]

Puri: Posters urging servitors of the Puri Jagannath temple to refrain the Rath Yatra coordination meeting for this year were found put at different places in the pilgrim town today. The posters released by the Shri Jagannath Sevayat Sammilani (SJSS) claimed that the district administration has defamed the servitors’ society over the Niladri Bije issue […]

By Dillip Kumar Pradhan Puri: The Puri Beach Carnival, a festival of gaiety, glamour and fun in the famous seaside resort of Odisha, broke the internet on its debut. The hashtag-#BeachCarnivalPuri-used in the official Twitter account of cultural event (@PuriCarnival) was trending in India’s top 10 trends on its debut day. The hashtag even secured […]

Quite similar to the Ratha Jatra festival, the return journey 'Bahuda Jatra' of the Holy Trinity from Gundicha temple to Srimandir in Puri also began almost two hours ahead of the schedule. After the nine-day annual sojourn at the Gundicha ended today, Bada Thakura Balabhadra, Mahaprabhu Jagannath and Devi Subhadra returned to Ratna Bedi on their majestic chariots. On way, the sibling deities were fed with their favourite offering of Poda Pitha.

Bhubaneswar/Puri: Staying true to his penchant for swimming against the current, the irrepressible Damodar Rout, Minister for Excise and Cooperation, today described the payment of Rs 2 crore to Daitapatis by way of ‘compensation’ for the loss suffered by them on account of the ban on devotees climbing on to the chariots during the nine-day […]

Puri/Bhubaneswar: The Bada Danda (Grand Road) in the holy town of Puri turned into a sea of humanity as nearly six lakh people, partook of the ecstasy of witnessing the world famous ‘Ratha Jatra’ of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra. Chants of “Jai Jagannath” rent the air as devotees from all over the country […]

The flag of the Taladhwaja, the chariot of Lord Balabhadra, was blown away today soon after it was set up atop the chariot during the world famous Ratha Jatra in the pilgrim city

Puri: The annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings starts here on Wednesday with the district administration expecting about 10 lakh people to take part in the nine-day chariot festival. Security has been strengthened across Puri town for the Rath Yatra. “Multi-layer security arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of the […]

Puri: Lakhs of devotees thronged the pilgrim town of Puri today to witness the ‘Nabajoubana Darshan’, the first glimpse of of Lord Jagannath and siblings Balabhadra and Subhadra after their ‘fever’. After remaining ill for the last 15 days, the deities will give darshan to their devotees on Tuesday on the occasion of ‘Nabajoubana Darshan’, […]