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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