Jagannath temple

Bhubaneswar: Snana Purnima rituals of the sibling deities, which is a prelude to the annual Rath Yatra, have begun at Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri. Snana Jatra Snana Jatra, also…

Puri: Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri will remain out of bounds for devotees for four hours on Wednesday for ‘Banaka Lagi’ or ‘Srimukha Sringara’ ritual of Lord Jagannath and his siblings.…

Baripada: A day after people congregated in large numbers at Jagannath temple in Baripada town in Mayurbhanj district during the Rath Yatra, the administration on Tuesday clamped Section 144…

Puri: Rath Yatra in Odisha's Puri is being conducted sans devotees for the second consecutive year. The Padhandi ritual has begun with servitors escorting Lord Sudarsan to the Devadalana -…

Berhampur: An 18-year-old boy of the city has carved a miniature replica of Jagannath temple in Puri on wood ahead of the Rath Yatra scheduled on Monday. The boy, Dilip Maharana of Sana…

Puri: The last rites of Devadasi Parasamani, who passed away in her sleep the previous night, were performed at the Swargadwar here on Saturday. She was 87. According to sources, she was…

Puri: Chaka Bije Niti (a ritual to mark the improving health of the sibling deities) will be held at the Jagannath temple here on Sunday. “On the occasion of Dasami Tithi, Chaka Bije Niti…

Puri: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will document the condition and features of the Ratna Simhasan in the sanctum sanctorum of the Jagannath temple here during Rath Yatra this…

Bhubaneswar: The sibling deities were taken to Anasara Ghar (an asylum for the sick) on Jagannath Temple premises in Puri, having supposedly fallen ill after the elaborate bath with 108…

The tradition of decking up Lord Jagannath and Balabhadra in Gajanana or Hati Besha after the ceremonial bath can be traced to the Hindu belief of beginning every religious rite with a…