Tag: Rathyatra Right

Puri: With almost a week to go for the very famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, Odishatv.in team has reached Puri to take a stock of the preparations before the grand festival. Our news team reached the ‘Ratha Khala’ or the chariot construction yard and spoke to the Mukhya Maharana Sebaka or Chief constructor of […]

Puri: After a tiring Bahuda Yatra and Suna Besha, the holy Trinity was offered a special drink called ‘Adhara Pana’ on their respective gigantic chariots today. Through large earthen pitchers extending up to the lips of the deities, the special drink was offered as part of the ‘Adhara Pana’ ritual. The drink was offered after […]

Baripada/Kendrapara: At a time when lakhs of devotees are awaiting to witness the Suna Besha of the Holy Trinity in Puri, residents of Baripada and Kendrapara have congregated in the respective districts for the Bahuda Yatra of the sibling deities scheduled today. Residents of Baripada and nearby areas are all set to witness the return […]

Bhubaneswar: The Holy Trinity-Lord Balabhadra, Lord Jagannath and Devi Subhadra  finally returned to their abode – the Srimandir, after their annual 9-day sojourn to Gundicha Temple, in their respective chariots. For the next three days, the chariots will be parked outside the Singhadwara for a set of rituals including Sunabesa and Adhara Pana before they are  […]

Bengaluru/Mumbai: At a time when the people in Odisha were dipped in religious festivities, non-resident Odia communities were also not far behind in celebrating the Rath Yatra festival in several parts of the globe on Saturday. In Bengaluru, Ratha Yatra was celebrated at multiple places of the city where devotees pulled the chariots of Lord […]

Puri: Amid a sea of devotees filling the atmosphere with spirituality and devotion and chants of Jay Jagannath reverberating in the air, world famous Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his sibling deities was a spectacle to behold today. As expected, lakhs of devotees thronged the pilgrim town to witness the mega event when the […]

Puri: With spirituality in the air and the Badadanda teeming with devotees, Puri King Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb, known as the first servitor of Lord Jagannath, performed the Chhera Panhara (sweeping of the three chariot floors with a golden broom) ritual, considered to be one of the most important rituals. The ritual assumes religious significance as […]

Puri: It is that time of the year when Trinity — Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra will come out of the Puri temple to give darshan to lakhs of devotees on the occasion of Rath Yatra. In some time, the sibling deities will aboard their three grand chariots – the sight which devotees look […]

Bhubaneswar/Puri: In view of the Supreme Court’s recent directions barring direct collection of donations from devotees in Puri Srimandir, the Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) today informed that donation boxes (Hundis) will be installed on the chariots during Rath Yatra. In a meeting of the Daitapati Nijog and the chief administrator of SJTA, Pradipta Mohapatra […]

Puri: Puri King Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb today said that the kind of importance given to the Lord Jagannath Temple by Odisha government during the Rath Yatra is not seen at other times in all matters of management. In an exclusive one-on-one interview with OTV, the Puri King said that while the  government gives a lot […]

Bhubaneswar: Adding a new dimension to the railway infrastructure, Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday dedicated a new railway station to the people of Bhubaneswar. The new station at Baranga, some 14km away from the existing main station at Master Canteen will provide better connectivity to the passengers and people in northern fringe of the […]

Amid the look of a sea of devotees in Puri Srimandir, the divine bath of Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath concludes on the Snana Mandap in Srimandir. The occasion – Snana Purnima – marks the beginning of the annual sojourn of the deities to the Mausima Temple.    

Puri: Amid the look of a sea of devotees in Puri Srimandir, Snana Yatra, the divine bath of Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath on the Snana Mandap concluded after the deities were taken inside the temple in Pahandi following the Gajanana Besha rituals here today. Early in the morning, the temple servitors escorted […]

Bhubaneswar: Rath Yatra, the annual sojourn of Lord Balabhadra, Lord Jagannath and Goddess Subhadra concluded as the deities were ushered into the Srimandir in ‘Goti Pahandi’ during the Niladri Bije ritual of the deities. Lord Jagannath and Goddess Laxmi’s meeting ritual was carried out on the Charamala following which the Bachanika ritual was conducted at […]

Lord Jagannath brushes his teeth and chews a ‘paan’ each day, but he does not take bath throughout the year. Well he does, but it is a symbolic ritual. Every morning, he is dressed in barebones clothing; only two pieces of cloth known as tadapa and uttari. The tadapa is wound around his waist while […]