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Four Detained In Puri Triple Murder Case

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Puri: Police on Monday detained four persons in connection with the murder of three members of a family on the National Highway at  Pattnaikia on Sunday afternoon. Puri Sadar SDPO Kishore Chandra Mund said, “The CCTV footage at the…

Know About Adhara Pana Ritual And Its Schedule

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Puri:  The Adhara Pana ritual, which witnesses serving 100 litres of pana (sweet drink) to the Deities in specially made terracotta pots, will be held at 8 pm on the Trayadasi Tithi on Sunday. The literary meaning of this ritual Adhara…

Shashi Tharoor Gets His Facts Wrong On Rath Yatra

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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…

Deities Begin Homeward Journey To Puri Shrine

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Puri: Daitapati sevayats on Friday began preparations for the return journey (Bahuda Yatra) of the sibling deities from Gundicha temple to their original abode at the Jagannath shrine here. After completion of the initial rituals of the…