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Meet Puri's 'Bahubali' Anil Gochikar: The vegetarian bodybuilder amid the egg vs soya debate who trained at ancient Jagaghars to become Mr IndiaA debate over eggs versus soya in school meals has spotlighted Anil Gochikar, a vegetarian bodybuilder and priest from Puri. Viral social m...- Snana Yatra 2026: Puri gears up for Deba Snana Purnima ahead of Rath Yatra - Rituals, significance, and other detailsPuri gears up for the grand Deba Snana Purnima on June 29, a pivotal ritual before the Rath Yatra. The sibling deities will undergo a sacre...
- CM Mamata removed word Dham from Digha temple, this is victory of Lord Jagannath devotees: Chief Servitor of Jagannath Puri TempleFollowing protests over the Digha Jagannath Temple being called 'Jagannath Dham,' the West Bengal government replaced 'Dham' with 'temple' ...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- '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...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- Morbi tragedy effect: Hanging bridge declared unsafe in Odisha, 'virtual darshan' started insteadThe Cuttack district administration in the wake of the Morbi bridge collapse mishap, declared a hanging bridge on an island of Mahanadi riv...
- 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...
- Puri Jagannath temple to remain closed for public till June 15 as COVID cases riseThe Shree Jagannatha Temple Administration made the decision to keep the temple closed for people till June 15 at a review meeting chaired ...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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 ...
- 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...
- 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.
- SC urges Jagannath temple to allow entry of non-HindusThe observations, quoting also from the Bhagavad Gita, come days after reports said some temple servitors had reportedly misbehaved with Pr...
- 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.
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