Festivals

Mumbai: Bollywood celebrity Anushka Sharma and rising star Kartik Aaryan have taken to their social media accounts to condemn China’s popular Yulin festival in which dogs are slaughtered. Aaryan shared...

Dhenkanal: Even as three chariots of the deities of Jagannath temple in Puri rolled down the Grand Road on Tuesday following the Supreme Court order, the rituals of the Rath Yatra...

Bhubaneswar: Raja is the most-awaited festival for girls in Odisha. Being a celebration of menstruation and womanhood, girls pamper themselves in different ways -- putting mehendi, wearing colourful bangles and...

Cuttack: The evaluation of the Matric examination papers in Odisha will be suspended across all centres for two days on account of Raja festival. In a notification, the Board of...

Bhubaneswar: The exclusive virtual dance festival ‘Happy For Hope’ successfully completed its 5th edition on June 7. ‘Happy For Hope’, India’s first ever online dance festival, had started on Mother’s...

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of the three-day Raja Festival beginning from June 14, the Odisha government on Thursday relaxed the night curfew to enable the people to do their pre-festival shopping. The...

Puri: The celestial marriage of Shree Madan Mohan, the living representative of Lord Jagannath, and Devi Rukmini will be solemnised on Jagannath temple premises in Puri on Tuesday. The marriage...

Puri: While there is uncertainty over conducting the world famous Rath Yatra in Puri this year amid the COVID-19 outbreak, a peep into the history of the Jagannath temple reveals...

With religious institutions, including churches, remaining shut across the country to contain the spread of COVID-19, bishops and priests are planning to live stream the prayer services for Good Friday...

Bhubaneswar: Holi celebrations are incomplete without peppy Bollywood numbers playing at the backstage. Here’s a list of popular Bollywood tracks that should be on your playlist this Holi: Balam Pichkari-...