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There are numerous rituals attached to Puri Srimandir. To perform these rituals and festivals of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra, 119 types of servitors are working at the 12th century shrine. Kamara/Ojha servitors play a significant role in construction of chariots for world-famous...

Bhubaneswar: Senior photojournalist Ashok Panda was killed in a tragic road accident on his way to Puri Friday. He was 57. According to reports, Panda was heading towards Puri on his motorcycle to cover the annual Ratha Jatra. An unknown vehicle hit his motorcycle near...

Several religious texts suggest that Lord Jagannath is the ‘Birata Purusha’. Priests offer flowers to Lord Jagannath, the main attraction of Srimandir, by reciting ‘Purushasukta’ of Bajasaneya Samhita. Religious scholars consider Purushasukta as the most precious Sukta, described in Veda. Bajasaneya Samhita describes Jagannath as...

Bhubaneswar: After a two-year hiatus, we will all be able to enjoy the full beauty of the Rath Yatra in Puri. To promote the Rath Yatra event around the world, Instagram launched an Instagram reel contest to express pleasure and happiness. In order to participate,...

Bhubaneswar: In wake of the upsurge in Covid-19 cases, use of face mask has been made mandatory in Bhubaneswar, as per an order issued Thursday. In its order, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that there has been a sudden increase in the number of...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has said that direct flights will be operated between Bhubaneswar to Dubai very soon. Patnaik made this announcement while addressing the Odia diaspora in Dubai on Wednesday. Nearly one lakh people of Odisha live in the United Arab Emirates....

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Thursday reported 155 new COVID-19 cases, including 16 children, pushing the tally to 12,89,757, the health department said. The death toll remained at 9,126. On Wednesday, the state had registered 149 fresh coronavirus cases. Odisha now has 729 active cases, while 12,79,849 people...

Bhubaneswar: Ardhendu Das, a prominent television journalist from Odisha, has been arrested by the police's Economic Offences Wing over a dispute related to delayed payment to an equipment vendor who the scribe claimed had supplied sub-standard hardware, much of which had been returned. Das alleged...

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has received investment intents worth more than Rs 21,000 crore with employment potential for 19,000 people in different sectors during Odisha Investors' Meet held in Dubai Wednesday, officials said. The meeting, jointly organised with FICCI and the Embassy of India in...

Bhubaneswar: The vigilance wing of Odisha government Wednesday trapped three officials including one assistant engineer on charges of corruption, officials said. The vigilance sleuth caught Prakash Chandra Sahoo, additional commercial tax officer, enforcement unit, Paradeep while accepting bribe of Rs 2 lakh from a glass...