India ushered in 2025 with grand celebrations across the country, from packed tourist spots like Delhi’s Connaught Place and Goa’s beaches to spiritual visits at temples. Despite traffic snarls and strict enforcement of safety regulations, the festive spirit was evident everywhere.
The decision was taken amid the row over the alleged use of animal fat in the ghee with which the laddus offered at the Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh are prepared.
The Ratna Bhandar, the treasury of the 12th-century Jagannath Temple in Odisha, was reopened after 46 years. An 11-member team, including officials from the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration and the Archaeological Survey of India, broke three locks to access the inner chamber.
The Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath Temple will open after 46 years for the inventory of its valuables, as approved by the government.
Thousands of devotees on June 22 thronged Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri on the occasion of Snana Purnima. Snana Purnima is a significant festival in Odisha in which Lord Jagannath, along with his siblings is brought out of the sanctum sanctorum to Snana Mandap. Watch to know more!
All the four gates of the Jagannath temple in Puri were closed since the Covid pandemic. The newly formed Odisha government will also set up a corpus fund for immediate requirement of the 12th-century shrine.
The temple gates were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic, with only the Simhadwara gate remaining open to devotees. This led to congestion and long queues.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister reacted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remarks from yesterday's Odisha rally saying that people will understand his 'duplicity' of praising Tamils in the state while speaking ill of them outside.
Police said that the number of devotees visiting the temple on New Year's Day this time was double as compared to last year.
The BJP alleged that VK Pandian "allowed beef promoter" into the premises of Jagannath Mandir in Puri, drawing reaction from the YouTuber and the temple itself.
The students, who were at the beach throughout the day, went to visit the 12th-century shrine in the evening before returning home.
President Murmu is on a 2-day visit to her native state Odisha. This is her first tour of the state since taking oath as President of India.
Reports of eight commissions were not tabled in the House, including the Justice Raghubir Das panel's report on the safety of the temple's treasury, senior Congress MLA SS Saluja said.
The temple will remain closed till January 31, as per the decision taken at the meeting of Chhatisa Nijog -- the apex body of the temple's servitors.
SJTA chief administrator Krishan Kumar has convened the virtual meeting to decide on allowing the devotees into the Jagannath temple, a senior official said.
As Lord Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra begins today, the centuries old 'Devdasi Seva' practice comes to an end with Mahari Parasmani's demise.
Home Minister Amit Shah performed 'aarti' at Jagannath Temple in Ahmedabad on early Monday morning before the annual Rath Yatra takes off from the temple.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected a batch of petitions seeking direction to conduct Rath Yatra across Odisha and not only in Puri Jagannath temple, as permitted by the Odisha State Government in its order earlier.
Shree Jagannatha Temple authority in Odisha's Puri has asked devotees to light lamps at their houses as the gathering is not allowed during the Rath Yatra.
Devotees celebrated 'Devasnana Poornima' of lord Jagannath on June 24. Devasnana Poornima is a festival dedicated to lord Jagannath. As per the Hindu calendar, the festival is celebrated on the full moon day of 'Jyeshtha' month. Celebrations began in the absence of devotees as the Chief Administrator of the temple had said that the festival will be live-streamed for them across the world.
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