Tag: Servitor

Puri: In what could become a major cause of embarrassment for Puri Srimandir’s administration, a servitor has been detained by the Singhadwar police on the charges of stealing a wallet of a devotee. According to sources, the incident took place near Nata Mandap on Saturday when a devotee from Cuttack, Swapnajeet Nayak, found his wallet […]

  Puri: A fight broke out between a Bhoi servitor of Puri Srimandir and a devotee today in which both of them were severely injured. According to sources, complaints have been filed by both at Singhadwar Police Station. The incident occurred when one devotee identified as Dalton Das, who along with his family & friends […]

Puri: With the chief administrator of Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Pradeep Jena announcing that repair work of Jagamohan, the hall facing the sanctum sanctorum of the 12th century temple, is in final stages, servitors of the temple claim that major works at several blocks are still pending. Servitors claimed repair work at ‘Bhandara Ghara’, […]

Bhubaneswar: Two accused in the murder of Kasinath Badu, alias Kunu, a servitor of Lingaraj temple, were awarded life sentence on Monday. Bhubaneswar ADJ court awarded the sentence to convicts Kunia Mohapatra and Akshaya Mohapatra. As per reports, Kunu was allegedly hacked to death on the night of August 8, 2010 following a rivalry with […]

Puri:  The Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) today suspended Gadadhar Dixit, a servitor of Suar Nijog in connection with the sale of Prasad allegedly without being offered to the Trinity. After considering the inquiry report of commander and supervisor, the SJTA today suspended Dixit. It was alleged that Dixit had sold Dal Prasad at Anand […]

Puri: Suspension order of the nine servitors involved in last year’s Niladri Bije fiasco was revoked by the managing committee of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Thursday after seeing change in their behaviour and conduct. Earlier on July 17, 2016, during the Niladri Bije ritual of Lord Jagannath and his siblings, few servitors had […]

Puri: The tussle between the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the Odisha Works department over the design of the portal box-frame of the Jagmohan chamber of Shri Jagannath temple has come to an end, as the former approved the design made by the core committee of the state government after declining it initially. According […]

Puri: After the ASI disagreed with the steel box-type portal frame design for the Jagmohan of Srimandir prepared by the Public Works department (PWD) and warned of issuing a no-risk certificate, the PWD secretary has written a letter to the ASI DG citing that the design should be prepared by the agency which is in […]

Cuttack: Justice BP Das Commission, appointed by the Odisha government to suggest reforms in management of Puri Sri Jagannath temple, would begin its work after November 4. A decision to this effect was taken in the first meeting convened by the Commission here today which was attended by several well-known personalities including freedom fighters, senior […]

Puri: Police today arrested Kasinath Khuntia, a senior servitor of Shri Jagannath Temple on the charge of assaulting media persons and delay in the rituals of the Lords during Niladri Bije in June this year. Reports said the Simhadwara Police arrested Khuntia following a tip-off about his presence in the pilgrim town. Notably, Khuntia was […]

The Additional District Sessions court of Puri today postponed the hearing on the bail plea of nine servitors, who were arrested for creating a ruckus during the Niladri Bije ritual of lord Jagannath and his siblings on July 17

Justice BP Das, head of the one-member commission appointed by the state government to suggest reforms in the management of the Lord Jagannath temple in Puri today said changes should be made to the Record of Rights (RoR) of the temple keeping in view the demands of the time

The district police today declared eight servitors, including Damodara Mahasuara and his brother Jayakrusna Mahasuara, accused of manhandling and misbehaving with the Puri Collector during the Niladri Bije on July 17 and issued posters containing their photos at various places

The Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM), Puri today issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against six absconding servitors in connection with the case of manhandling Puri Collector Arvind Agarwal during Niladri Bije on July 17

In the wake of the unsavoury incident that had taken place during the Niladri Bije of the deities in which some servitors had misbehaved the Puri collector, the Town Police today arrested one more servitor