By Express News Service
26th February 2015
PURI: A five-layer security cover would be thrown over Puri for the ensuing Nabakalebar and Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings.
This was decided at a meeting held to review special security arrangements for the month-long festival on Wednesday, which was presided over by Additional Chief Secretary, Aditya Padhi.
The Grand Road, venue of the Rath Yatra, other main roads,...
Friday, 27 February 2015
‘Abhada sale only in Ananda Bazar in Odisha’s Jagannath Temple’
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Puri, Feb 19:
Keeping the massive rush of devotees during Nabakalebara in Odisha’s Puri town scheduled in June this year, in mind, the Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has decided to stop sale of ‘abhada’ (cooked food) for the Lords inside the temple premises.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting convened...
Odisha DGP reviews crowd control arrangements for Nabakalebara
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Puri, Feb 20:
Odisha DGP Sanjeev Marik has warned that unless works like digging of roads, completion of sewerage works, works on the national highway and bridges and railway projects are completed by the end of March or at least before April 15, preparations by the police for the Nabakalebar Yatra cannot take off and the different measures planned by it for crowd control won’t deliver desired results.
The DGP made...
Rs 40 lakh for free transport of Nabakalebara pilgrims
Debabrata Mohapatra, TNN | Feb 17, 2015
BHUBANESWAR: The state government has decided to offer free transport service to pilgrims from the newly constructed bus terminus at Malatipatpur to Puri during the Nabakalebara festival scheduled in July. The government on Monday made a budgetary provision of Rs 40 lakh for the free transport service.
The bus terminus is being constructed at a cost of Rs 65 crore along the Bhubaneswar-Puri national...
Shadow of past stampedes on Nabakalebara in Odisha
Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Every time there is a festival in the offing where a large gathering is expected, the Odisha government is reminded of the stampede that took place inside the Shree Jagannath temple in Puri and the death of devotees in the crowd during the Rath Yatra.
Photo Courtesy: in. reuters.com
Since a huge gathering of devotees is expected in the...
Puri temple out to appease Shankaracharya
Debabrata Mohapatra, TNN | Feb 18, 2015
BHUBANESWAR: Ahead of Nabakalebara in July, the Jagannath Temple Administration in Puri has decided not to repeat last year's "embarrassing mistake", which forced the Shankaracharya to boycott age-old ritual on chariots during Rath Yatra on June 29.
During the last car festival, the seer, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, skipped his rituals as the state government extended him a conditional invitation...
Wednesday, 18 February 2015
Mahaprasad Sale to be Restricted at Puri
By Express News Service
Published: 09th February 2015
PURI: The Jagannath temple administration will restrict non-servitors from selling Mahaprasad in Ananda Bazaar inside the temple. Besides, sale of ‘Tanka Torani’ will also be stopped in the Ananda Bazaar. The decision follows a High Court order on a PIL filed by one Chittarajan Mohanty on January 30. He had alleged that non-servitors were reaping profit by selling food in the name...
Monday, 9 February 2015
Stone slab falls off Puri Jagannath Temple
PURI, February 2, 2015A stone slab weighing about 40 kg fell off the ‘Jalakrida Mandap’ (water recreation hall) of the 12th century Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri on Monday.The stone was found early on Monday morning and there was no casualty as there were no devotees present at the place at the time, temple public relations officer Laxmidhar Pujapanda said.Archaeological Survey of India has started the repairing work, he said.People were barred from...
Friday, 6 February 2015
Devotee, Servitors Clash in Puri Temple
PURI: Tension prevailed inside Jagannath temple on Wednesday morning following a scuffle between a jawan and two servitors.
According to reports, seven jawans of Army Cantonment unit at Golabandha in Ganjam district had come to Puri for ‘darshan’ of the Trinity.
While having ‘darshan’ inside the temple during Mangal Arati, a servitor, Somanath Mekap, came to them with a plate and asked them to donate money in the name of the Lords. One of...
