sevayats

Draft Heritage Bylaws: Lingaraj Temple Sevayats Beat Gongs To Protest In Bhubaneswar

Bhubaneswar: The sevayats of Lingaraj Temple on Tuesday staged a protest against draft heritage bylaws for the two temples in…

February 16, 2021

SJTA Urges Odisha Govt For Free Vaccination To Jagannath Temple Sevayats & Families

Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has requested the Odisha government to provide free COVID-19 vaccination to the sevayats…

January 21, 2021

Lingaraj Temple In Odisha Capital Reopens, Sevayats Get First Darshan

Bhubaneswar: After being closed for almost nine months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lingaraj temple in the city reopened…

December 27, 2020

Odisha Govt Announces Financial Assistance For Mangala Temple Sevayats

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Thursday announced financial assistance for the sevayats of Maa Mangala temple in Kakatpur in Puri…

October 8, 2020

Rise In Infection Among Servitors, Stringent COVID Protocols To Be Enforced In Odisha’s Puri

Puri: Collector Balwant Singh here on Monday said that more than 600 persons from servitor community of Jagannath Temple in…

September 28, 2020

Bagala Dharmasala Land Not Sold To Private Lodge Owners: Puri Collector

Puri: Amid the row over the sale of Bagala Dharmasala land along the Grand Road (Bada Danda) in Puri, the…

August 22, 2020

All Sevayats, Except Two, Engaged In Puri Rath Yatra Tested Negative For COVID-19: SJTA

Puri: Barring two sevayats, all other Puri Jagannath Temple servitors, who participated in Rath Yatra, had tested negative for COVID-19,…

July 20, 2020

Suna Besha Of Lords Begins In Puri

Puri: The sevayats of Jagannath Temple began Suna Besha (golden attire) of Lord Jagannath and His siblings atop the three…

July 2, 2020

Security Beefed Up In Puri for Bahuda Yatra

Bhubaneswar: As many as 70 platoons of police force and 400 senior police officers will be deployed in Puri to…

June 30, 2020

Puri Rath Yatra: 5000 Sevayats, Cops To Undergo COVID-19 Test

Puri: Around 5000 sevayats and policemen, who were engaged in Rath Yatra event in Puri on Tuesday, will undergo COVID-19…

June 24, 2020