Devotees converge on Puri for Jagannath festival
June 29th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 29 (IANS) Lakhs of devotees converged on Odisha's temple town of Puri Friday to witness the homecoming festival of Lord Jagannath and two other deities in the Bahuda ... Read more...
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Puri Rath Yatra chariots reach destination
June 22nd, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 22 (IANS) Lakhs of devotees resumed pulling the chariots of the deities in the world famous Rath Yatra at Puri Friday, and the chariots reached their destination, ... Read more...
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A tribal should occupy Raisina Hill: Naveen Patnaik
June 21st, 2012 - 11:35 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 21 (IANS) Welcoming the Bharatiya Janata Party's decision to support former Lok Sabha speaker P.A. Sangma's candidature in the presidential poll, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Thursday ... Read more...
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Mamata inaugurates Ratha Yatra
June 21st, 2012 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 21 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee tugged the rope of the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra to throw open the annual Rath Yatra ... Read more...
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Security beefed up ahead of Puri chariot festival
June 20th, 2012 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 20 (IANS) Security has been beefed up in Odisha's Puri town ahead of the annual nine-day chariot festival of Lord Jagannath beginning Thursday, police said.Around 8,000 policemen have ... Read more...
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62 special trains for Puri Rath Yatra
June 20th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 19 (IANS) Indian Railways Tuesday announced it would run 62 special trains for the famous Rath Yatra (chariot festival) of Lord Jagannath, beginning at Odisha's Puri town June ... Read more...
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Odisha artist makes ailing Big B’s sand image (With Image)
February 19th, 2012 - 9:46 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 19 (IANS) Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Sunday used 10 tonnes of sand to create an image of megastar Amitabh Bachchan on Odisha's Puri beach to wish the ... Read more...
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Kites, feasts, dancing mark Makar Sankranti celebrations (Roundup)
January 15th, 2012 - 8:18 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Flying colourful kites, eating piping hot dishes made of rice and jaggery, topped with dollops of ghee and cashew, braving the cold to bathe in ... Read more...
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Makar Sankranti in Odisha with holy dips, kite flying
January 15th, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Jan 15 (IANS) Devotees took holy dips in ponds and rivers and visited temples as they celebrated the Makar Sankranti harvest festival in Odisha Sunday. People also organised kite ... Read more...
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Orissa town celebrates return festival of deities
July 11th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 11 (IANS) More than half a million devotees witnessed the 'Bahuda Yatra', or the homecoming festival of Lord Jagannath and two other deities in Orissa's temple town of ... Read more...
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Chariot festival hits communist rally in Bengal
July 7th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) The communists may be atheists, but the Hindu festival of Rath Yatra Thursday forced West Bengal's main opposition Left Front to revise the dates of an ... Read more...
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Three die during Rath Yatra in Orissa
July 3rd, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 3 (IANS) At least three people, including two minor boys, were killed and two minors were injured Sunday in separate incidents during the Rath Yatra or chariot festival ... Read more...
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Annual chariot festival begins in Kolkata
July 3rd, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 3 (IANS) Amid chanting of "Hare Krishna", thousands of devotees Sunday pulled the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra during the annual Rath Yatra (chariot festival) organised ... Read more...
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Hindu devotees embark on special journey to retrace ancient road to Puri
March 7th, 2011 - 12:52 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Mar.7 (ANI): Hundreds of Hindu devotees embarked on a spiritual journey on foot from Kolkata to Puri to retrace an ancient road that led to the sacred Jagannath temple.The temple dedicated ... Read more...
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Oriya devotional singer dead
November 3rd, 2010 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 3 (IANS) Oriya singer Bhikari Bal, who has sung hundreds of devotional songs, died at a government hospital in Orissa after a prolonged illness. He was 82, family sources said ... Read more...
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Lakhs converge in Puri for Jagannath return festival
July 21st, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Puri (Orissa), July 21 (IANS) Mindless of the sweltering heat, over six lakh devotees converged in this temple town for the Bahuda Yatra or homecoming festival of the Hindu god Jagannath and ... Read more...
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Security in place for Puri’s Jagannath return festival
July 20th, 2010 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Puri (Orissa), July 20 (IANS) Elaborate security measures have been put in place in Orissa's temple city of Puri ahead of the return festival of Lord Jagannath and two other deities on ... Read more...
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Woman dies in stampede during Jagannath Rath Yatra (Lead)
July 13th, 2010 - 11:39 pm ICT by IANS
Puri (Orissa), July 13 (IANS) A woman devotee was killed and two people were injured in a stampede Tuesday during the annual Jagannath Rath Yatra (chariot festival), for which eight lakh people ... Read more...
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Jagannath Rath Yatra held in Ahmedabad
July 13th, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by ANI
Gandhinagar, July 13 (ANI): Thousands of devotees joined the annual 14-kilometre-long 'Rath Yatra' in Ahmedabad from across the country on Tuesday.Devotees sang and prayed as the chariot procession carrying deities ... Read more...
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Noted sand sculptor creates replica of Jagannath chariot festival in Puri
July 13th, 2010 - 7:47 pm ICT by ANI
Puri (Orissa), July 13 (ANI): Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik toiled hard to create eye-catching sculpture of the Jagannath 'Rath Yatra'.Pattnaik created a five-feet-high sand sculpture using coloured sand, which included Lord ... Read more...
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Thousands pull chariots in Kolkata rath yatra
July 13th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Thousands of devotees and foreign tourists chanting "Hare Krishna" Tuesday pulled the chariots of Lord Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra during the annual Ratha Yatra (chariot festival) here.
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Security tightened in Orissa ahead of Jagannath Yatra festival
July 12th, 2010 - 7:30 pm ICT by ANI
Puri (Orissa), July 12 (ANI): Arrangements for the annual Lord Jagannath Chariot Festival are in full swing in the temple city of Puri, Orissa.Craftsmen are working round the clock to put together ... Read more...
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Security up in Puri ahead of Rath Yatra
July 12th, 2010 - 4:03 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 12 (IANS) Security has been increased in Orissa's Puri city ahead of the annual nine-day chariot festival of Lord Jagannath beginning Tuesday that is expected to draw nearly a million ... Read more...
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Wooden chariots being prepared for ‘Chariot Festival’
July 10th, 2010 - 8:48 pm ICT by ANI
Bhubaneswar, July 10 (ANI): Preparations are in full swing in Orissa's Puri city to construct three wooden chariot of Lord Jagannath for the annual Rath Yatra or Chariot Festival.Skilled craftsmen are working ... Read more...
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Special trains for Rath Yatra in Orissa
July 10th, 2010 - 11:38 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, July 10 (IANS) At least 63 special trains will be run for pilgrims during the Rath Yatra, the annual nine-day chariot festival of Lord Jagannath, in Orissa's temple city of Puri, ... Read more...
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Muslims welcome Lord Jagannath chariot with its silver memento
July 7th, 2010 - 10:50 pm ICT by ANI
Ahmedabad, July 7 (ANI): Hundreds of Muslims welcomed the 133rd Rathyatra or, the Chariot procession of Lord Jagannath here on Wednesday.In a gesture intended to strengthen communal amity, a group of Muslims ... Read more...
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Thousands of devotees take part in bathing festival of deities at Puri’s Jagannath temple
June 26th, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by ANI
Puri (Orissa), June 26(ANI): Thousands of devotees on Saturday took part in the annual Deva Snana Poornima at the famed temple of Jagannath in Puri, Orissa.Deva Snanna Poornima is observed with ... Read more...
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Orissa devotees celebrate ‘Chandan Yatra’
June 4th, 2010 - 10:36 pm ICT by ANI
Puri (Orissa), June 4 (ANI): Scores of devotees are converging in the holy city of Puri to celebrate the 42 day-long festival of 'Chandan Yatra'.The festival that marks the end of a ... Read more...
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In India, machines are preferred to manmade craft (Feature with images)
February 7th, 2010 - 2:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Shweta Srinivasan
Porbandar (Gujarat), Feb 7 (IANS) Leaving his family's tradition of carving idols of Lord Jagannath, Manmohan Mahapatra turned to the sands at Orissa's beaches 30 years ago. Now known the ... Read more...
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Devotees across India offer prayers to herald auspicious 2010
January 1st, 2010 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi / Varanasi / Amritsar / Puri, Jan 1 (ANI): To herald an auspicious start to the year 2010, devotees across the country offered prayers and sought the blessings of the ... Read more...
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‘Went to tame malaria in Andamans, lost family’ (Five years after tsunami)
December 25th, 2009 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Prashant K. Nanda
New Delhi, Dec 25 (IANS) "Tsunami...perhaps it is the most devastating word of my life," said epidemiologist Manoj Das, flipping through photographs of his wife and daughter. "I went ... Read more...
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Case against Orissa villagers for confining turtle
November 13th, 2009 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 12 (IANS) Wild life officials registered a case Thursday against a temple priest and some residents of a village in Orissa's Kendrapada district for confining a rare turtle, officials said.
The ... Read more...
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Orissa villages worship turtle resembling Lord Jagannath
November 10th, 2009 - 7:43 pm ICT by ANI
Kendrapada (Orissa), Nov. 10 (ANI): A fresh water turtle is being worshipped in Orissa's Kendrapada district, as it reportedly has features resembling to Lord Jagannath.Residents of Khadipal village are chanting hymns, carrying ... Read more...
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Orissa villagers refuse to release rare turtle
November 10th, 2009 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 10 (IANS) Residents of a village in Orissa are refusing to release a rare turtle which they have trapped because they believe it as an incarnation of god, official said ... Read more...
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Villagers worship rare turtle in Orissa
November 7th, 2009 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Nov 7 (IANS) Hundreds of villagers in Orissa's Kendrapada district have been worshipping a rare turtle since Thursday as it has eyes similar to that of a Hindu deity, a forest ... Read more...
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