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The steel city of Bokaro witnessed a grand and spiritually vibrant Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, celebrated with traditional rituals and community participation. The procession began from the ...
In this episode of the Culture Project, Manish Adhikary speaks about 5 intriguing mysteries of the Jagannath Temple in Puri, ...
Bhubaneswar, The Jagannath temple administration in Odisha's Puri has said it would protect the property of the 12th-century shrine and asserted that any move to encroach temple land would not be ...
Servitors of the Puri Jagannath temple are protesting the use of 'dham' in the name of a newly-inaugurated Jagannath temple in West Bengal's Digha, apart from replicating rituals. Servitors ...
Ramkrishna Das Mohapatra, a senior sevayat (traditional priest) of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, was on Sunday (May 11, 2025) suspended for 30 days following allegedly controversial remarks ...
Deb, the chairman of the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee, said that only the 12th century shrine in Puri can be called 'Jagannath Dham' as per scriptures. Deb, considered the first ...
Puri's titular king Gajapati Maharaja Divyasingha Deb on Monday claimed that the Jagannath temple in West Bengal's Digha cannot be called 'Jagannath Dham'. Deb, the chairman of the Shree Jagannath ...
The Odisha government on Monday (May 5, 2025) said surplus sacred timber used in sculpting the idols of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra was not sourced from the Puri Jagannath ...
The Odisha government on Monday made it clear that the wood used for the construction of the idols of Shree Jagannath and his siblings at the newly inaugurated Digha Jagannath Temple was neither taken ...
Puri's titular king Gajapati Dibyasingha Deba has opposed the West Bengal government's reference to the new Digha temple as 'Jagannath Dham,' arguing that the term is traditionally reserved for ...
This comes after West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the Rs 250 crore temple on April 30, with critics in Odisha, including BJP leaders, objecting to its 'Jagannath Dham' label. ...