Union Home Minister Amit Shah performed 'Mangla Aarti' at Jagannath temple ahead of the Rath Yatra 2024 on Sunday morning. He was accompanied by his wife Sonal Shah at Jagannath Temple.
Chief Minister of Gujarat, Bhupendra Patel, on Saturday offered prayers at the Jagannath Puri temple in Odisha on the eve of Lord Jagannath's 147th Rath Yatra, which is going to be held in Ahmedabad tomorrow.
Puratchi Bharatham Party (PBP) President M. Jaganmoorthy paid his last respects to the state's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Armstrong and condemned his killing. K Armstrong, the Tamil Nadu BSP Chief, was hacked to death by a group of unidentified men near his residence in Perambur in Chen
The Tripura government has rolled out a standard operating procedure (SOP) for organising the Rath Yatra festival in the state in order to avoid any unprecedented incident.
A major highlight of this year's mela is the grand Rath (chariot) prepared for Lord Jagannath, which stands at an impressive height of 58 feet. The procession of the Rath is a central attraction, drawing devotees and visitors from across the region.
YSRCP President YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Saturday issued a strong warning to Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, and said that if the state government continues to attack his party workers, they will have to face consequences. The YSRCP Chief's warning comes after his party leader, Ajay Kumar R
Bhubaneswar-based miniature artist, L Eswar Rao, curated eco-friendly chariots of the holy trinity Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra using papers and incense sticks ahead of the world-famous Rath Yatra.
Odisha Chief Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Mohan Charan Majhi, along with Deputy Chief Ministers KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, took part in a cleanliness drive in Puri on Saturday, ahead of the start of the annual Shri Jagannath Yatra.
With barely a day left for the commencement for the annual Shri Jagannath Yatra, preparations are in full swing in order to ensure a smooth and safe yatra for the devotees.
The Odisha government reconstituted a committee under the chairmanship of Justice Biswanath Rath to supervise the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee in carrying out the inventorisation of valuables, including pieces of jewellery stored in Ratna Bandar, Shree Jagannath Temple.
Kamlesh Paswan received a warm welcome from people on arriving at his Bansgaon constituency for the first time after becoming Union Minister of State for Rural Development following the Lok Sabha elections.