

Amid name row with Bengal, Odisha launches ‘Jagannath Dham’ app for Puri shrine visitors | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Govt on Friday launched an official mobile application titled ‘Shree Jagannatha Dham’ for the Jagannath Temple, a move that comes amid the ongoing debate over the Digha shrine’s More...

Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri without governing body for 8 months | Bhubaneswar News
The Jagannath Temple in Puri has been without its managing committee for eight months, impacting key decisions on the 2025-26 budget BHUBANESWAR: The Jagannath Temple in Puri has been functioning More...

HC asks govt to review provisions for sale, lease of Jagannath land | Bhubaneswar News
Cuttack: Orissa high court has directed the state govt to review existing provisions and procedural mechanisms of Puri Jagannath Temple land under the shrine management to address “glaring lacunae” More...

‘Jagannath Dham’ row: Naming of Digha shrine sparks controversy, prompts reflection on temple’s spiritual legacy | Bhubaneswar News
Naming of a newly built Jagannath temple in Digha sparks controversy BHUBANESWAR: When Shakespeare wrote the famous line ‘what’s in a name’ in ‘Romeo and Juliet’, little did he know that More...

Digha temple naming row puts Jagannath servitor conduct back in spotlight | Bhubaneswar News
Controversy throws light on servitors’ conduct yet again BHUBANSESWAR: The recent suspension of Jagannath Temple’s Daitapati servitor Ramakrushna Dasmohapatra in connection with the controversy More...

PIL in Calcutta HC challenges govt funding, operations of Digha Jagannath shrine | Lucknow News
BHUBANESWAR: Amid growing tensions between Odisha and West Bengal over the use of ‘Jagannath Dham’ name for the newly consecrated Digha temple, a PIL has been filed in the Calcutta high court More...

Probe launched into ‘hostile’ X post on Lord Jagannath | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Odisha police on Sunday launched a probe after discovering a hostile and threatening social media post about Lord Jagannath on ‘X’, believed to originate from a Pakistani account.The investigation More...

Unprecedented security cover in Odisha’s Puri for Jagannath temple as India-Pakistan tensions | Bhubaneswar News
In response to heightened India-Pakistan tensions, Odisha Police have significantly increased security at Puri and the Jagannath Temple BHUBANESWAR: Amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan, More...

Puri king Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb seeks ISKCON’s intervention for removal of ‘Jagannath Dham’ tag from Digha temple | Bhubaneswar News
BHUBANESWAR: A day after Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi wrote to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee to remove ‘Jagannath Dham‘ from the newly opened Jagannath temple More...

‘Jagannath Dham’ row: Jay Panda slams Bengal govt, Sudarsan seeks PM’s intervention | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: BJP MP and party’s national vice-president Baijayant Panda on Tuesday slammed the West Bengal govt’s use of the term ‘dham’ for the Jagannath shrine in Digha, saying More...
