Rs 1542-Cr Plan Outlay for Puri

The Nava-kalevera ceremony at Lord Jagannath temple Can I climb the Ratha and touch Jagannath? Ratha Yatra Preparations at Jagannath Puri PURI: The District Plan Monitoring Committee on Saturday passed a comprehensive district plan outlay of `1542 crore for the financial year of 2014-15. In wake of the ensuing Nabakalebara Festival of the Trinity,...

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Sanwar Lal Jat: Nepal’s Sarda river identified to be linked with Yamuna

Revival of Ganga and Yamuna - the struggle goes on Spiritual Significance of Ganga and Yamuna New Delhi, Dec 22 (PTI) The Sarda river in Nepal has been identified for connecting with river Yamuna as the Sarda-Yamuna link, Rajya Sabha was informed today. Besides, Sarda, also known as Mahakali there, the Ghaghra river...

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Revival model for Yamuna may vary from Sabarmati

Revival of Ganga and Yamuna - the struggle goes on Spiritual Significance of Ganga and Yamuna The restoration plan for the dirty Yamuna may not be a complete copy of the Sabarmati river front development project in Gujarat as the two rivers’ ecological models are different, say Delhi environment department officials who visited Ahmedabad...

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Devotees throng Jagannath Temple for ‘Pahili Bhoga’

ISKCON Bangalore Temple The Nava-kalevera ceremony at Lord Jagannath temple Can I climb the Ratha and touch Jagannath? Ratha Yatra Preparations at Jagannath Puri Thousands of devotees waited patiently for ‘Pahili Bhoga’ (first offering) of the Trinity in Odisha’ pilgrim town of Puri on the occasion of Dhanu Sankranti on Tuesday. The special offering...

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Jagannath Temple Temporary staff on dharna Demanding wage hike, Regularisation

Temporary employees of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s pilgrim town of Puri are on an indefinite dharna in front of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) office beginning today demanding fulfillment of their two-point charter of demands. The 243 temporary employees of the temple are demanding regularization of their jobs and a hike in their...

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Russian sorry for taking Puri temple snaps

BHUBANESWAR: A tourist from Russia had a harrowing time while taking photographs of Jagannath Temple in Puri by climbing atop a watchtower on Friday. The 28-year-old Russian, Sergei Ivanov, who identified himself as a civil engineer from Moscow apologized to police and was let off. While the 12th century shrine is off limits to non-Hindus, there is restriction on visitors to climb the watchtower, meant for police. At present, it is being...

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Cracks Found in Jagannath Temple, ASI Asked to Repair

PURI: Two big cracks have been found in the ‘jagamohan’ of the 12th Century Jagannath temple. The cracks were noticed on the north east wall and roof of the structure during the ongoing de-plastering work. A technical committee appointed by the State Government to look into repair and renovation work being carried out by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)...

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Non-Hindu pays fine for entering temple

Odisha Channel BureauKendrapara, Dec 15: A non-Hindu was allegedly forced to cough up Rs 10,000 penalty for ‘trespassing’ into 300-year-old Baldevjew temple here.Daily rituals of the deity were affected yesterday after a section of servitors identified a man from a minority community who had made his way into the temple.Non-Hindus are barred from gaining entry into the Baldevjew temple as it is the case in Puri Jagannath temple.The ‘bhog’ (offering)...

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Nabakalebara Panel Reviews Infra Works

PURI: Head of the Nabakalebara Infrastructure Supervision Committee (NISC), Maheswar Mohanty, on Saturday reviewed the progress made into various infrastructure works being implemented for the Nabakalebara of the Trinity. The Nava-kalevera ceremony at Lord Jagannath temple In a meeting with the officials of Roads and Building, PHD, Electricity and NHAI, Mohanty...

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President pays obeisance at Puri's Jagannath temple

President Pranab Mukherjee today visited the famous Jagannath temple here and performed 'puja' at the 12th century shrine. The President was here as part of the last leg of his three-day visit to West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha. Special arrangements were made for his visit at the famous temple which gets a large number of devotees daily, officials said. Authorities restricted general public from visiting the temple for some time to...

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Odisha to make Documentary on Nabakalebara

BHUBANESWAR: The tourism department has decided to make a documentary on Nabakalebara (creation of new idols of deities), scheduled to be observed at the Jagannath Temple in Puri in July 2015. The department will engage a reputed filmmaker for it. "Selection of filmmaker or production house will be made in a transparent manner. We are all set to float an expression of interest for it," said tourism secretary Arvind Padhee on Wednesday. "The film...

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A garden for Lord Jagannath Plant centre to develop 200 species for Puri temple

A Regional Plant Resource Centre employee attends to a plant at the proposed site for the garden and (below) children play at the entrance to the resource centre. Pictures by Ashwinee PatiBhubaneswar, Nov. 24: The Regional Plant Resource Centre here is set to develop a garden of 200 plant species that play a role in the day-to-day rituals of Puri Jagannath temple...

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Odisha to deploy 10,000 police and security forces during Nabakalebar, Rath Yatra in Puri in 2015

Puri: Odisha Government will deploy 10,000 police and security forces for safe conduct of Nabakalebar ritual, Rath Yatra in Puri in 2015. This was informed by the SP Asish Kumar Singh.SP Asish Kumar Singh in a Press conference here on Friday elaborated the security and other arrangements being worked out by the police administration during the two events. The administration...

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ASI to review renovation works at Jagannath Temple on Nov. 12

Puri: Archaeology Survey of India (ASI), would review the status of the ongoing repair and renovation works at the Shree Jagannath Temple at Puri on November 12. A decision to this effect has been taken at a review meeting of the Central Archaeology department, Odisha Circle, in Bhubaneswar. Superintendent of Archaeology Bhuban Bikram said all repair and renovation works...

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Bikas Mohapatra new administrator of Sri Jagannath Temple Administration

Ahead of Lord Jagannath's Nabakalebara festival next year, Odisha government has appointed Bikash Chandra Mohapatra as the new administrator of Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), according to a notification issued by General Administration Department today. Mohapatra, who is now posted as the Revenue Divisional Commissioner (RDC), southern division, replaced Aravind...

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Odisha celebrates Kartik Purnima with traditional fervour

Bhubaneswar (Odisha) : Odisha remembered its maritime past  by celebrating Boita Bandana (worship of ships) with traditional fervour. People from different age groups woke up early morning and rushed to different water bodies to sail miniature boats in memory of the glorious past. Well decorated miniature boats made of banana barks, cork and paper...

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Rs 15 crore to meet expenses for Nabakalebara

BHUBANESWAR: Sharp fall in collection of revenue has forced the state government to peg the size of first supplementary budget 2014-15 at almost half the size of that last year.Official sources said the council of ministers, headed by chief minister Naveen Patnaik, on Thursday gave its nod to the draft budget of Rs 3,900 crore, including plan outlay worth Rs 1,300 crore.The first supplementary budget in 2013-14 was Rs 7,144 crore.Finance minister...

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Gundicha temple to get facelift ahead of Nabakalebara in Odisha

The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has decided to undertake the beautification and conservation of the Gundicha temple in Odisha’s pilgrim town of Puri, where it expects an extremely high footfall of devotees during the annual Rath Yatra (Car Festival) next year. The coming Shree Jagannath Rath Yatra would be a special event since it would see...

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3 projects to clean Puri before Nabakalebara

BHUBANESWAR: To clean Puri town before Nabakalebara in 2015, the state government has approved three environmental projects worth Rs 30.50 crore.Official sources said Odisha Water Supply and Sewerage Board (OWSSB) will fund the three projects - renovation of waste water treatment plant at Bankimuhan, setting up of an effluent treatment plant at Jagannath Temple and solid waste management on the Grand Road.The existing treatment plant at Bankimuhan...

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Puri residents pay tribute to ancestors during special Diwali prayers

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Puri Shankaracharya Must Apologise to Dalits: Pramod Krishnam

GHAZIABAD: Akhil Bharatiya Sant Samiti president Acharya Pramod Krishnam today condemned Puri Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati for his alleged remarks on entry of Dalits into temples."Shankaracharya Nischalanand must tender unconditional apologies to the Dalit samaj for his statement exhorting ban on the entry of Dalits into temples," said Acharya Krishnam, who contested the last Lok Sabha polls on a Congress ticket.No religious epic gives...

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Sea of Devotees at Puri on Panchak for Darshan of Lord Jaggnnath

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