Jagannath Temple in Puri to be made no flying zone before Nabakalebara
Remember this picture and video from a few days back when this was shot using a drone? Odisha government has decided to declare the area in and around the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri as a no flying zone during…
When is Jagannath Nabakalebar exactly this year? All dates here
– Banajog yatra will begin from March 29 – Chandan yatra and Akshaya Tritiya will be held on April 21. – Debasnanna Purnima will be on June 2. – On June 15, the Daitapatis will conduct the brahma parivartan programme…
Maverick Puri – An awesome piece of blog Part 1
I find Puri unorthodox, very inventive and completely original. A place with a strong character and people with tremendous amount of self-confidence. At times quirky & cocky but Puri is always the “one and only”. Visitors from all across the globe come…
Informative Video on Jagannath Nabakalebara in Odia by Focus TV
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Nabakalebara 2015: Odisha govt plans Handicrafts fair to showcase heritage
In view of the lakhs of visitors expected to visit Puri during the forthcoming Nabakalebara festival scheduled to be held in July 2015, the state government plans to hold a grand handicraft fair. The fair will showcase the craftsmanship of…
Odisha Govt showers welfare schemes for Jagannath temple servitors before Nabakalebara
A model public school would be set up in Puri town where children of the servitors would be provided free education to enable them to acquire the required knowledge to ‘compete with the best’. Besides the regular curriculum, the school…
Jagannath Nabakalebar: 24 hrs electricity & Increase hotel occupancy spaces by 30k
With an aim to provide uninterrupted power during the grand Nabakalebar festival of Lord Jagannath next year, the Odisha government has undertaken the ambitious project at a cost of Rs 305 crore. An outlay of Rs 114 crore has been…
Puri Police Joins Facebook for interaction before Jagannath Nabakalebar
Puri Police on Tuesday launched a Facebook page for the benefit of the pilgrims and tourists who will visit the Pilgrim Town during Nabakalebara next year. The page contains telephone numbers of police control room and e-mail address of senior…
The Legend Behind Mahaprasad and Nirmalya of Jagannath Temple Puri
Everybody knows that when the ‘Prasad’, cooked in the temple of Lord Jagannath is offered to Goddess Bimala it becomes ‘Mahaprasad’. What is the eagerness of devotees of Lord Jagannath to get this Mahaprasad waiting hours long to get it in the temple…