Puri: Only servitors will pull the chariots during the annual Rath Yatra in Puri, informed Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief Krishan Kumar on Saturday. …
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Odisha artist Mona Biswarupa Mohanty gets UAE’s coveted “Golden Visa”
Bhubaneswar: Odisha artist Mona Biswarupa Mohanty, who has been living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) since 2007, has received the UAE’s coveted ‘golden visa’ …
Read More »CM releases ‘Beyond Here & Other Poems’ written by Bishnupada Sethi
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday released a collection of poems ‘Beyond Here and Other Poems’. Written by senior bureaucrat Bishnupada Sethi, ‘Beyond Here …
Read More »Jagannath Temple to remain closed for devotees till June 15
Bhubaneswar: Shri Jagannath Temple in Puri will remain closed for devotees till June 15. Daily rituals will continue with the help of servitors and temple …
Read More »Eminent Litterateur Manoj Das passes away
Bhubaneswar: Eminent Litterateur Manoj Das from Odisha passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Puducherry on Tuesday. He was 87. Das was suffering …
Read More »MCL Board approves sanction of Rs 9.32 cr for Hingula Temple in Talcher
Bhubaneswar: The Board of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL) has approved sanction of Rs 9.32 crore for the development of Hingula Temple in Talcher. “I have …
Read More »Jagannath Temple in Puri to remain closed for public darshan till May 15
Bhubaneswar: Jagannath Temple in Puri will remain closed for public darshan till May 15, in view of rising Covid-19 cases in Odisha. However, all the …
Read More »SOA sponsored critical edition of ‘Saroladas Mahabharatha’ released
Bhubaneswar: A critical edition of two ‘parvas’ of the ‘Saroladas Mahabharatha’, authored by the 15th-century poet Sarala Das, and brought out by the Siksha ‘O’ …
Read More »Utkal Dibasa: Odisha celebrates its foundation day
Bhubaneswar: Odisha celebrated the 85th foundation day of the state, known as ‘Utkal Dibasa’, with utmost pride and glory on Thursday. Odisha was carved out …
Read More »Plea in SC seeking to stop selling Jagannatha temple properties
New Delhi: A petition has been filed in Supreme Court seeking directions to stop selling any properties of the Shree Jagannatha temple in Odisha. The …
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