Tag: Lord Jagannath

Chariot Pulling Begins In Puri Amid Lord Jagannath Chants

July 7, 2024 admin

Thousands of people pulled the nearly 45-feet tall wooden chariot of Lord Balabhadra Puri (Odisha): Thousands of people pulled forward giant chariots from the 12th century Jagannath temple in Puri towards Gundicha temple, around 2.5 km away, on Sunday afternoon. The chariot pulling started around 5.20 pm after Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalanada Saraswati visited the…

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25 Injured In Firecracker Explosion During Puri’s Jagannath Festival: Cops

May 29, 2024 admin

A group of devotees were celebrating the festival with crackers. (Representational) Puri: Fifteen people received burn injuries after a heap of firecrackers exploded during Lord Jagannath’s Chandan Jatra festival in Odisha’s Puri on Wednesday night, police said. Hundreds of people had gathered on the banks of Narendra Pushkarinee, a waterbody, to witness the rituals when…

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Sambit Patra’s “Slip Of Tongue” That Found A New ‘Bhakt’ For PM Modi

May 20, 2024 admin

New Delhi: The BJP’s Sambit Patra landed in a row today over a comment that hugely offended Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. As Odisha voted for the Lok Sabha and a new assembly in the Fifth Phase of election, Mr Patra told reporters that the Lord Jagannath, the presiding deity of Puri, “is Modi’s bhakt”….

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