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Adhara Pana: A Sweet Drink For ‘Rath Rakhyak’

Puri: A day after Suna Besha, when the sibling deities glittered in golden attire, huge pots filled with sweet drink are carried onto the three chariots as offerings. This interesting ritual of Adhara Pana, which literally translates as…

Two New Platforms For Bhubaneswar Railway Station

Bhubaneswar: In view of the exponential growth in rail traffic and passenger footfall, railways have decided to construct two more platforms in Bhubaneswar railway station. Railway Board Chairman (CRB) V K Yadav, who visited the station…

Suna Besa: The Last Precious Ceremony of Rath Yatra

Puri: After the homecoming (Bahuda Yatra), devotees got an inkling of Lord Jagannath's affluence as he, along with His siblings gave darshan in Suna Besa (golden attire) from 4 pm on Saturday. One of the richest deities in the country, they…

Bhubaneswar-Dubai Flight: To Be Or Not To Be?

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Saturday urged the Centre to start a direct flight from the state capital to Dubai given the traffic potential between these two places. Earlier too, the CM had drawn the Civil Aviation…

Shashi Tharoor Gets His Facts Wrong On Rath Yatra

Shashi Tharoor is a word juggler and more often than not has people scurrying for a dictionary. In his latest piece on Shashi Tharoor’s Word of the Week, he picked the word 'juggernaut', the Anglicized name for Jagannath. The article is an…