Puri priests protest Dhoni's Vishnu ad

With the mercury soaring above 40 degree celsius at Puri, an umbrella made of palm leaves provided by the Sri Jagannath Temple will be given for use by President Pranab Mukherjee when he visits the 12thcentury shrine on April 25. "Though the VVIP is ...

The Sri Jagannath Temple Administration in Odisha today decided to take the help of Rashtrapati Bhavan to determine which of the two priests claiming themselves as the family priest of President Pranab Mukherjee, would accompany him to the sanctum sanctorum ...

Puri, Mar 17 (UNI) The expert committee constituted to monitor and guide the ongoing repair and conservation work in Sri Jagannath temple had inspected the main temple, deplastering work of Jagamohan (a subsidiary temple alligned to main temple) and ...

Hindu outfits took out Shobha yatra rallies in connection with Sri Rama Navami. The participants shouted inciting slogans. Shobha yatra started at 11:30 am from Rani Avanti Bai Community Hall, Dhoolpet, Mangalhat and it reached Huanuman Vyayam ...

A month after I am gone, you shall join me by the path of Agni, Sri Ganeshwar Avadhoot Maharaj, founder of Chowli Math in Bidar, Karnataka, had told 18 of his closest devotees, a few months ago. On February 28, the Chowli Mutya, as Maharaj was ...

With the famous Nabakalebara festival drawing close, the Housing and Urban Development department has mooted a special project to improve the drainage system around Puri's Sri Jagannath Temple that has, often in the past, led to over-flooding of the ...

Dinabandhu or God of the Poor as Lord Jagannath is called, is not exactly the richest God despite all the luxuries he is said to be bestowed with and the riches he is claimed to possess. A Rs 143 cr budget, recently passed by the managing committee ...

President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday expressed his anguish over the recent increase in cases of brutal assault on women and child rape and said it was time the nation reset its moral compass. The recent increase in assault against women and children has ...

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today made a trip to God's own country and kicked up a political row. Mr Modi's visit to the Sivagiri Sree Narayana Mutt in Kerala to take part in its 25th anniver... Related Stories Father of Indian dentist, who died ...