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Knowledge Nugget: Puri Jagannath Rath Yatra begins. What makes this festival unique?
July 18, 2026 3:46 pm
The annual Jagannath Rath Yatra has begun in Puri. Why is this festival significant? Learn about its rituals, the Jagannath Temple, and the Kalinga style of architecture in today’s Knowledge Nugget.
Row over Rath Yatra abroad: After Puri royal’s latest salvo, ISKCON ‘bows out of discussion’
July 10, 2026 5:25 am
While head of Puri’s erstwhile royal family calls plans for Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra ‘untimely’, ISKCON maintains they are ‘as per the shastras’.
With modern tech and an old-fashioned oath, Puri's Jagannath Temple opens treasure trove for first time in 48 years
March 26, 2026 2:05 am
Odisha government uses 3D mapping and computerised records as teams spend six hours tallying centuries-old gold, diamonds and gemstones against a 1978 inventory.
Odisha: Security tightened in Puri Jagannath Temple after social media post threatens bomb attack
January 21, 2026 1:19 pm
A case has been registered at the cyber police station in Puri, and further investigation is underway.
Jewellery inventory of Puri temple’s Ratna Bhandar likely before next Rath Yatra
December 28, 2025 2:03 am
According to officials, inventory of the valuables used for day to day rituals of the Lords will be done in the first phase while inventory of the outer and inner chambers of the Ratna Bhandar will be taken up in the next two phases, respectively.
Orissa High Court says Hindu deity ‘eternal minor’, refuses to direct Jagannath temple admin to sell property
December 16, 2025 1:47 pm
Orissa High Court Jagannath Temple Property Sale: Justice Krishna Shripad said it has long been settled that a Hindu deity is an eternal minor and therefore, a minor’s property cannot be sold in the absence of statutory enablement.
‘Terror threat’ scribbled on Jagannath Temple walls, police jump into action
August 13, 2025 1:38 pm
Puri police have formed a special team to identify the person who scribbled the messages and to determine the motive.
As competing Jagannath temple emerges in Digha, Odisha pulls out all stops for Rath Yatra in Puri
June 28, 2025 10:21 am
There were reports about people complaining of suffocation and collapsing during Rath Yatra. Ambulances were called in to take some devotees to the hospital.
Jagannath Dham temple in Digha | Mamata inaugurates first Rath Yatra, sweeps path, pulls chariots: ‘Soul-stirring experience’
June 28, 2025 3:54 am
Appealing to the devotees through a public address system, CM Banerjee stated that they could touch the ropes of all three chariots from inside the barricades along the 750-metre procession route
In Trinamool vs BJP battle, why Jagannath ‘prasad’ has become a new flashpoint
June 27, 2025 10:40 am
Digha Jagannath Temple Prasad Controversy: LoP Suvendu Adhikari counters Mamata govt’s statewide door-to-door delivery of prasad from Digha Jagannath temple by proposing his own distribution of prasad from Puri Jagannath temple in his district.
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In Photos: Lord Jagannath's annual Rath Yatra begins in Puri
July 16, 2026 4:06 pm
Nearly 12,000 police personnel, 19 senior IPS officers and over 100 senior administrative officers have been deployed to manage the nine-day festival
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