Puri

Puri: Thousands of devotees are likely to take a ritual bath in the holy pond at Chandrabhaga in Odisha’s Puri district and offer prayers to the Sun God on the auspicious occasion of Magha Saptami on Tuesday. As a large number of…
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Puri: The stage is set for ‘Ratha Katha Anukula’, the initiation ceremony for chariot construction for Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra in Odisha’s Puri, on the occasion of Saraswati Puja or Sri Panchami on Sunday. While the carpenter…
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Puri: Duryodhan Pradhan, a distinguished social worker and a pioneer of social justice from Satapada, Puri, passed away at the age of 83. He breathed his last on January 27 at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. A visionary leader,…
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Bhubaneswar: Amid rising incidents of drone movement over Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, the Odisha government is considering installation of a watchtower outside the 12th century shrine to strengthen surveillance capabilities. Sharing…
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Puri: Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who is on a two-day visit to Odisha, travelled to Raghurajpur artists’ village and Sun Temple at Konark in Puri district on Saturday. He was accompanied by the First Lady of Singapore and…
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Puri: The repair work of the Ratna Bhandar (treasury) of Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri is likely to be completed by March, this year, Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said on Tuesday. Stating that the repair work has made…
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Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday launched the much-awaited electric double-decker buses and hop-on hop-off buses in Bhubaneswar. As per official sources, the Chief…
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Puri: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar visited the Konark Sun Temple and Interpretation Centre in Odisha’s Puri district on Tuesday ahead of the 18th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas convention to be held in Bhubaneswar. Jaishankar, who…
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Puri: A stampede-like situation was cropped up outside Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri on Wednesday after devotees broke the security barricades to enter the shrine for darshan of the sibling deities. As per sources, thousands…
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Puri: In view of the expected high turnout of devotes during the X-mas holidays; the repair work of the Shree Jagannath Temple’s Ratna Bhandar in Puri has been suspended from December 25 to January 2. The repair work will resume on January…
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