"Shree Jagannath Dham in Puri is the seat of spiritual and religious soul-searching. Under no circumstances, liquor and other form of alcoh...

The nine-day festival is usually marked by a procession of chariots, in which three deities -- Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra -- emabark o...

The Gajapati Maharaja had earlier said the temple administration will not undertake any activities outside the religious institution's prem...

In a letter to the chief minister, the state Congress chief said while Rath Jatra is scheduled on June 23, construction of chariots for the...

In the Dwarka Sharda peeth, for instance, there are currently three seers, including Achyutananda, who have declared themselves shankaracha...

The business of the temple, and its rath yatras, are overseen by the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee which is headed by an IAS of...

The Shankaracharya said he was taken by surprise by the pace at which things have been put back on track near Kedarnath.

Shankaracharya also said those who convert may not be able to understand the essence of their religion or they are being lured by incentive...

RJD chief Lalu Prasad said if his party-supported government was formed in Jharkhand, Dalits will become priests in temples.

Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati on June 29 refrained from visiting the chariots before they were pulled on the Rath Yatra...

After Shankaracharya boycotted Rath Yatra owing to ongoing row over devotees climbing over chariots while performing pujas, Puri king Divya...

"The director general of police has been asked to make special security arrangement for Shankaracharya when he pays 'darshan' to deities."

The petitioner contended that allowing people to climb the chariots would risk the safety of the deities and pilgrims leading to possible t...

The disciple said the seer's name was dragged in the anti-Modi campaign in Varanasi under a conspiracy and legal action could be taken.

After Adhokshjanand Devtirath announced to campaign against Modi in Varanasi, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati claimed that he is the recognis...

"I will go to Varanasi and expose him," Swami Adhokshjanand said, adding those who divided people to come to power should be exposed.

Shankaracharya said those "who divided people to come to power should be exposed." He said that he just wanted that secular parties should ...