Tag: Sri Jagannath Temple

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Puri temple servitors threaten to boycott Chhatisa Nijog meeting today

Puri: Servitors of the Sri Jagannath temple threatened to boycott the Chhatisa Nijog meeting to be held today at the SJTA office if action is not taken against wife and son of Chief Minister’s Principal Secretary Rajesh Verma for getting into Bhitarakatha (inner barricade) within the temple’s sanctum sanctorum on May 10. Senior servitor of […]

  • Thursday, 22 July 2021
Puri Jagannath Temple Night
Poster protest: Servitor-admin impasse continues before Rath Yatra coordination meet

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 […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
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Puri servitors release posters again, decide to shun 2nd Rath Yatra meet

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 […]

  • Wednesday, 21 July 2021
PURI TEMPLE
Thousands of devotees seek blessings at Sri Mandir on New Year

Bhubaneswar/Puri: With new hope and optimism, people across the country thronged the Sri Mandir to offer prayers to the deities and seek blessings on the first day of 2017 today. As pahada at the Sri Mandir was lifted at 1.20 am to let devotees pay obeisance to the deities on occasion of the New Year, […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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New Patitapabana flag fixed atop Sri Mandir

Puri: Servitors of Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri fixed a new Patitapabana flag atop the temple on Thursday morning after the old flag caught fire in lightening on Wednesday evening. According to reports, the mast in which the flag was attached also caught fire in the lightning yesterday. The rituals of the deities were performed […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Repair of Jagamohan before ‘Kartik’ end

Puri: The permanent repair work of Jagamohan, the hall facing the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Jagannath Temple, will be completed before the starting of Odia holy month of Kartik, said chief administrator of Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Suresh Mohapatra. According to sources, a decision in this regard was taken after a meeting of SJTA […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Steel pillars, box frames to be used to secure Jagmohan

Bhubaneswar: Steel pillars and box frames will be used to secure Jagmohan, the chamber facing the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri, informed Sri Jagannath Temple administrator, Prasanna Kumar Hota. According to reports, a decision in this regard was taken during a meeting presided over by the Union Culture secretary in New Delhi […]

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
LAW MINISTER
Judicial panel formed to suggest reforms in Puri temple

Taking strong note of the Niladri Bije fiasco last Sunday, Odisha government today set up a judicial commission headed by former judge of the Orissa High Court Justice Bimal Prasad Das to suggest reforms in management of Puri Sri Jagannath temple

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
DISRUPTION IN NILADRI BIJE
Niladri Bije: Pahandi of Sudarsana disrupted as devotees climb chariots

The pahandi of Sudarsana during the Niladri Bije of the deities from the chariots to the Ratna Sinhasana of the Sri Jagannath temple was disrupted as devotees climbing the chariots today

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
JAGANNATH TEMPLE
Puri temple taken up for cleanliness drive under Swachh Bharat

Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri has been included in the list of 10 places in the first phase for a special cleanliness drive under the Swachh Bharat Mission

  • Tuesday, 20 July 2021
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Cong targets BJD, BJP over delay in repair of Jagmohan

Bhubaneswar: The war of words over the repair work of Jagmohan is getting shriller by the day with the Congress using the opportunity to train its guns on both the BJP-led central government and the BJD government in the state. While the Leader of Opposition Narasingha Mishra is scheduled to visit the temple today, Odisha […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Congress team reviews Jagmohan repair work

Bhubaneswar: A day after chief minister Naveen Patnaik visited Jagannath Temple in Puri and reviewed the repair work of Jagmohan, the chamber facing the sanctum sanctorum of the temple, Congress leader Narasingha MIshra along with Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Prasad Harichandan and Tara Prasad Bahinipati visited the 12th century shrine on Thursday to take […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Naveen reviews repair work of Jagamohan

Chief minister Naveen Patnaik today affirmed that the state government would spare no efforts to complete the repair of Jagamohan, the chamber facing the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri, at the earliest

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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Jagamohan repair row: High level meeting today

Puri: A high level meeting will be held at the Sri Jagannath Temple Administraton (SJTA) office hereon Wednesday to discuss the repair of Jagmohan, the chamber facing the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri, which has got delayed because of a tug of war between the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and the […]

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
SJTA MEETING
Servitors to seek PM's intervention in Jagamohan repair

A team of servitors of Puri Sri Jagannath temple will meet the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apprise him of the issues related to the repair of the Jagamohan, the hall facing the sanctum sanctorum of the 12th century Lord Jagannath shrine in Puri

  • Monday, 19 July 2021
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