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Mamata slams 'baseless' neem wood charge; condemns attacks on Bengali-speaking people in OdishaWest Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee refuted allegations of using stolen neem wood from Puri's Jagannath temple for the Digha temple idols, dismi...05 May, 2025, 03.30 PM IST- Servitor served notice over ''use'' of Puri Jagannath temple sacred wood to make idols in Digha shrineThe Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has issued a show cause notice to a senior servitor, Ramakrushna Dasmohapatra, regarding t...05 May, 2025, 12.28 PM IST
- Odisha to test ghee used to prepare 'prasad' at Puri's Jagannath temple amid Tirupati laddu rowThe Odisha government has decided to test the quality of ghee used for offerings at Puri's Jagannath temple. This decision follows concerns...25 Sep, 2024, 10.27 AM IST
- 'Paan eaters are illiterate, brainless': Puri Jagannath Temple announces ban on paan and gutka from JanuaryThe Puri Jagannath Temple administration is determined to enforce a ban on the consumption of paan and gutka within the temple premises. De...15 Nov, 2023, 04.41 PM IST
- Puri temple servitors protest, deities go hungryA strike by temple servitors at the Puri Jagannath temple caused a delay in the deities receiving their morning bhog. The strike was in res...16 Sep, 2023, 01.29 PM IST
- Rodent menace hits Puri's historic Jagannath TempleThe rodents, whose numbers increased manifold during the absence of devotees in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, have been nibbling away ...16 Jan, 2023, 05.28 PM IST
- Complete ban on carrying smartphones inside Puri's Jagannath Temple from JanA similar ban was earlier imposed only for devotees, but now the restriction will be applicable for everyone, including police personnel, t...15 Dec, 2022, 08.23 PM IST
- Rath Yatra: Servitors, cops and officials to undergo RT-PCR tests four timesA meeting, chaired by Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief Dr Krishan Kumar, was held in Puri, following which all stakeholde...18 Jun, 2021, 09.04 PM IST
- Puri's Jagannath temple to open for public visit on July 25The temple was out of bounds for the devotees till June 15, which was further extended till July 25, he said. The temple will open to the p...16 Jun, 2021, 11.40 PM IST
- COVID-19: Puri Rath Yatra to be held without devotees for second year in a rowAnnouncing the decision Odisha Special Relief Commissioner, Pradeep K Jena on Thursday said that the Supreme Court's guidelines, which were...11 Jun, 2021, 09.35 AM IST
- All religious places closed for public in BhubaneswarAfter consultations with management committees of religious institutions like temples/mosques/gurudwaras/ churches and others, the Bhubanes...22 Apr, 2021, 03.43 PM IST
- Lord Jagannath Temple reopens for Puri residents, Biraja Temple to welcome devotees from Dec 29The district administration of Puri implemented the second phase of entry to the Lord Jagannath Temple from Saturday morning for residents ...26 Dec, 2020, 06.20 PM IST
- 351 Shree Jagannath Temple servitors test positive for COVID-19The official said as most of the servitors are in home isolation after testing positive for the infection and there is a shortage of knowle...29 Sep, 2020, 01.04 PM IST
- Lord Jagannath returns to sanctum sanctorum of 12th-century temple after Rath YatraOn Friday, the deities were offered a specially prepared sweet drink (pana) made of milk, sugar, cheese, banana, camphor, nutmeg and black ...05 Jul, 2020, 09.20 AM IST
- Puri Shankaracharya, priests want Supreme Court to reconsider stay on Rath YatraThe nine-day festival is usually marked by a procession of chariots, in which three deities -- Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra -- emabark o...19 Jun, 2020, 03.29 PM IST
- Violence in Puri over queue system in Jagannath TempleThe protestors threw aside the barricades set up on the ‘Baisi Pahacha’ or the steps leading up to the temple.04 Oct, 2018, 11.48 AM IST
- Puri priests may have breached presidential protocolThe incident pertains to how the temple staff at Jagannath Temple behaved during the President and his wife Savita's March visit this year.28 Jun, 2018, 04.05 PM IST
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