The Supreme Court had ordered a stay on the festival and all activities associated with it this year stating that allowing the same would lead to a congregation of more than 10 lakh devotees in ...

Jagannatha Puri, is located in the state of Orissa (originally called Utkala or Udradesh). Although Jagannatha Puri, originally called Purushottama Kshetra, was founded in Satya Yuga by King ...

Lakhs of ardent pilgrims visit Puri, Orissa, to pay their homage to Lord Jagannatha and His elder brother, Baladeva, and sister, Subhadra, and participate in the annual Ratha Yatra festival in ...

The Jagannath temple at Puri is one of the four main holy Hindu pilgrimage sites (char dham). Adi Sankara established a Vedanta math here. <div class="section1"><div ...

Puri (Odisha) [India], June 29 (ANI): A few days ahead of the holy Rath Yatra, also known as Gundicha Yatra of Lord Jagannatha and his siblings, the final preparations are being carried out to ...

Puri (Odisha) [India], August 17 (ANI): Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, along with fellow central cabinet colleague Dharmendra Pradhan, offered prayers at the Jagannath Temple in Puri on ...

The 38th annual Festival of the Chariots, a Hare Krishna celebration commemorating Indian Lord Jagannatha, will take place locally on Sunday, Aug. 3. Dating back thousands of years to Jagannatha Puri, ...

Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Saturday visited Shree Jagannatha Temple in Puri and offered prayers before taking a tour of the 12th century shrine. He is scheduled to inaugurate Odisha ...

After a gap of 26 years, the rare Nagarjuna Besha of Lord Jagannath and His divine siblings was held at the Shreemandir here with the deities taking the form of Naga warriors. As per the ritual, the ...