Puri temple servitor ‘forces’ elderly devotee to carry slippers on his head
Bhubaneswar: An elderly devotee, who had inadvertently entered the Puri Jagannath Temple complex wearing his slippers on Wednesday, faced humiliation when a servitor allegedly forced him to place the footwear More...
Bhoga mandap reopens at Samaleswari temple | Bhubaneswar News
Sambalpur: Union education minister and Sambalpur MP Dharmendra Pradhan on Saturday reopened the bhoga mandap in the Samaleswari temple. With it, devotees can start receiving the prasad from Sunday. The bhoga More...
Beggar who donated life savings of Rs 1L to temple features in govt calendar | Bhubaneswar News
Berhampur: A 70-year-old beggar, who had donated her life savings to a temple in 2022 to a Jagannath temple in Phulbani, Kandhamal district, has earned a place in the central govt’s 2025 calendar, sharing More...
Rituals resume at Lingaraj temple after 48-hour stand-off | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: Rituals at the historic Lingaraj Temple resumed on Wednesday evening following a 48-hour disruption caused by a dispute between two servitor groups. The breakthrough came after law minister Prithviraj More...
Puri temple servitor collapses during ritual, dies | Bhubaneswar News
Puri: A 42-year-old servitor of Puri Jagannath Temple died after he collapsed while performing rituals in the shrine. The deceased was identified as Jagannath Mekap, a Suarabadu servitor.Mekap, a resident of More...
Thousands throng Kalijai temple on Makar Sankranti | Bhubaneswar News
Berhampur: Kalijai island in Chilika Lake witnessed a massive influx of devotees on Tuesday as thousands gathered to celebrate Makar Sankranti.Pilgrims from across the state and neighbouring Andhra Pradesh braved More...
HC quashes plea for waiver of matric-pass criteria for photographers at Sun Temple | Bhubaneswar News
Cuttack: Orissa high court on Monday dismissed the plea of 154 photographers seeking intervention for waiver of the minimum qualification of matriculation for seeking a licence to operate at the Konark Sun Temple.Initially, More...
Devotees throng Buguda temple on Samba Dashami | Bhubaneswar News
Berhampur: A large crowd, mostly women, thronged the 300-year-old Biranchi Narayan temple at Buguda in Ganjam district on Samba Dashami on Thursday to worship the sun god.“While day-long rituals More...
Drone spotted over no-fly zone of Puri temple
Puri: A drone was spotted flying in the no-fly zone area around Puri Jagannath Temple on Sunday. The drone was seen at 4 am. It first roamed around the Meghanad Pacheri (outer boundary wall) and More...
Drone over Jagannath temple in Puri triggers security scare | Bhubaneswar News
NEW DELHI: Police launched an investigation on Sunday after a drone was seen flying over the Jagannath Temple in Puri.The drone was observed hovering over the temple at approximately 4.10am and More...