PURI: The Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) is hopeful of announcing the location of Daru (the Neem trees to be used for carving out the divine idols) by April 14. The location of Daru for Sudarshan will be announced first followed by the announcement regarding location of the second Daru after a gap of seven days.
Informing this to media persons on Wednesday, SJTA Chief Administrator Suresh Mohapatra said till today the Daitapatis...
Friday, 10 April 2015
Daitapatis find neem tree at Amalapada
Published: 09th April 2015
DHENKANAL: Devotees in large numbers thronged Amalapada in Dhenkanal town on Wednesday after members of the Banajaga Yatra, led by senior servitor of Puri Jagannath Temple Haladhar Das Mohapatra, visited a house in the area in search of Daru.
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Sources in the Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA)...
Alarnath Temple Infra Work to be Completed by May-end
Published: 08th April 2015 BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has decided to complete infrastructure development in and around Alarnath temple at Brahmagiri in Puri district taken up with an expenditure of Rs 18 crore for the 45-day ‘Anasar’ of Lord Jaganath by the end of May.Progress in the work was reviewed at the Secretariat here on Tuesday by Minister of State...
Villagers guard trees meant for Puri idols
BHUBANESWAR: Probable neem trees, spotted by a group of Jagannath Temple priests at different places for Nabakalebara, have been drawing huge crowd with locals offering prayers and conducting yagnas every day.
Villagers said they have formed groups to protect the trees.
At Jhinti on the outskirts of the city, villagers do not allow people to touch a...
Illegal crusher units cost Puri temple Rs 3 crore
BHUBANESWAR: The Jagannath Temple administration is losing Rs 3-crore revenue annually to illegal stone crusher units, operating on its land in Khurda district, the Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) revealed on Monday.
OSPCB regional officer (Bhubaneswar) Hadibandhu Panigrahi said around 250 crusher units have come up on 500-acre temple land and these are functioning without the consent of the temple administration and the pollution...
Daitapatis upset with journey arrangements
TNN | Apr 1, 2015
BHUBANESWAR: The Jagannath Temple administration's tall claims of foolproof arrangements for Nabakalebara came a cropper as the priests, who are on a barefoot journey to locate the sacred trees for the new idols, were not given any welcome at Balighai, about nine km from Puri on Tuesday.
The priests, who were scheduled to halt at a temporary shelter in Balighai on Puri-Konark marine drive road, expressed strong displeasure...
Wednesday, 1 April 2015
Cheers prod Daitapatis to continue trek
BHUBANESWAR: Overwhelmed by the cheers of countless devotees on first day of Banajaga Yatra (journey to locate for neem trees for Nabakalebara) on Sunday, young priest Nutan Dasmohapatra was thrilled to resume the 49-day expedition to Kakatpur, 60 km from Puri, late on Monday.
Not only Nutan, but 100 other priests of the shrine's Daitapati Nijog, renewed their endeavour for the arduous barefoot trek, even as all eyes are on the locations...
Idol wood search begins at Puri
Sand sculptor Sudarshan Patnaik with his creation dedicated to the banajaga Yatra. Picture by Sarat Patra
Puri, March 28: The banajaga yatra or the journey to search for the sacred wood to make the new idols of Lord Jagannath and his siblings, which is also the first step to the Nabakalebar festival, will start from Puri tomorrow.
Devotees from across...
