Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday formed the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee. The development came days after Puri Gajapati Dibya Singh expressed his displeasure …
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Ban on entry of smartphones inside Jagannath Temple
Bhubaneswar: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has imposed a ban on entry of smartphones inside Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri from January 1, 2018. …
Read More »Jagannath Temple’s sanctum sanctorum to close for devotees
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has decided to implement the recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into the affairs of Shree Jagannath Temple to restrict the …
Read More »Two booked for clicking photos inside Jagannath Temple in Odisha
Bhubaneswar: The police on Friday lodged cases against two persons for taking photographs with the help of their mobile camera during a visit to Jagannath …
Read More »Four Russian nationals detained for using drone camera at Puri Jagannath Temple
Puri: The police on Thursday detained four Russian nationals, including two women, for allegedly making a drone camera fly over the Sri Jagannath Temple in …
Read More »Kasturi crisis of Jagannath Temple to be resolved: Nepal President
Nepal President Bidhya Devi Bhandari, who offered prayers at Jagannath Temple in Puri on Friday, assured that she would take up the shortage of 'kasturi' (musk collected from a stag's navel) with her country's government.
Read More »Heritage Gate To Welcome Pilgrims To Puri
Puri: The Puri district administration has planned to erect a heritage gate and construct a three-storey city museum in Puri under Centre’s Heritage City Development …
Read More »Air India Apologizes For Erroneous Article On Jagannath Temple, Bans Author
Bhubaneswar: After widespread protest, Air India on Saturday apologized for publishing an erroneous article that non-vegetarian dishes are served in Sri Mandir in Puri. “AI …
Read More »Air India Magazine Says Nonvegetarian Dishes In Sri Mandir; FIR Lodged
Bhubaneswar: Shubh Yatra, the in-flight exclusive monthly bi-lingual (Hindi & English) magazine of Air India, has published wrong information that nonvegetarian dishes are served in …
Read More »CAG Refuses To Audit Financial Transactions Of Jagannath Temple
Bhubaneswar: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has refused to audit the income and expenditure accounts of the Shree Jagannath temple in Puri. …
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