Puri: Setting aside their anger against the police which allegedly beat them up, the priests of Sri Jagannath Temple on Tuesday performed "Pahandi" rituals of taking the deities into Sri Gundicha Temple. "We decided to perform pahandi ritual as the deities are stranded over the chariots for a day. As priests, it is our duty to serve the Lord first before settling score with the police," Premananda Das Mohapatra, secretary...
11:17 PM, Jul 05, 2011
Bhubaneshwar: Tension erupted in the temple town of Puri after a clash between the police and junior priests at the Jagannath temple on Monday. Three junior priests and 1 policeman got injured in a tussle between the two sides. This after the police prohibited the priests from allowing large number of devotees to climb the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Bhalabadra and Sumitra. The incident occurred during the 'Abakash' ritual of...
02:12 PM, Jul 04, 2011
Rourkela: A six-year-old boy died after he was crushed under the wheels of the Lord Jagannath chariot at Purunapani in Sundargarh district, police said on Monday. Sushanta Mohapatra, who was witnessing the Ratha Yatra celebration on Sunday at Purunapani fell on the ground when he was knocked by the chariot pulling crowd and came under the wheels of the chariot, police said. He was immediately rushed to Hatibari health centre...
12:22 PM, Jul 04, 2011
Puri: As lakhs of devotees enjoyed the spectacular rath yatra of Lord Jagannath in Puri, the Orissa police which was already saddled with the responsibility of security and crowd management, was in for some embarrassment. It had to arrest one its own officers for allegedly molesting a minor on a train to Puri. The accused Inspector Santosh Mallick of the special crime branch fled from custody only to be re-arrested...
10:56 AM, Jul 04, 2011
Ahmedabad: Marked by active participation from members of both the communities, the 134th edition of Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra on Sunday passed off peacefully. The colourful procession, comprising 19 decorated elephants, 98 trucks mounted with tableau depicting Indian culture and three aesthetically decked chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balram and their sister Subhadra, moved past the communally-sensitive areas like Kalupur, Dariyapur and Shahpur which had in the past witnessed communal...
11:46 PM, Jul 03, 2011
The annual yatra takes place in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. ...
12:37 AM, Jun 23, 2009
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