Grand spiritual festival at Puri
10th of Baisakh, 1344 Bengali era, was the auspicious day when Thakur Sitaramdas Omkarnathdev received the divine command from Lord Jagannathdev to go and preach the Holy Name.
10th of Baisakh, 1344 Bengali era, was the auspicious day when Thakur Sitaramdas Omkarnathdev received the divine command from Lord Jagannathdev to go and preach the Holy Name.
Referring to the global energy production and supply situation, Puri stated that the challenge is to make sure that the transition is done in an orderly manner.
This legend has been told and retold over centuries and in all forms including the world-famous Pattachitra paintings of Raghurajpur.
There are rules and restrictions in the religious and spiritual domain and these rules should be followed.
While the golden beach in Odisha’s pilgrim town Puri, the abode of Lord Jagannath, has entered into the global map earning the coveted tag of ‘Blue Flag’ certification
To that can be added the current fear of what they call “community transmission”. It isn’t only the three towns that were recently under curfew ~ Bhubaneswar, Cuttack and Bhadrak ~ that have reported fresh cases.
“It is extremely disappointing” said a senior officer here while adding that such random selection without taking the states into confidence is unacceptable.
The irrigation department officials have taken strong exception to the lapse on the part of the rural development department authorities for unplanned excavations and for not informing them about the excavation of the canal embankment.
The very sight of the three majestic tall and well-decorated chariots parked in front of the temple waiting since last night for the deities to come in a ceremonial procession known as ‘pahandi’ was a sight to behold.
At least 1.51 crore people spread over 16,659 villages were affected by the Cyclone Fani while over 5 lakh houses were damaged and 41 casualties reported, the Odisha government had informed in its first preliminary damage assessment report that was released on May 10.
