Rath Yatra

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…

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…

Bhubaneswar: Expat Odias from around the globe flocked to the US to attend the four-day Golden Jubilee convention of the Odisha Society of Americas (OSA) in Odisha Society of Americas, New Jersey. Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia was present…

Baripada: Taladhwaja of Lord Balabhadra at Haribaldev Jew temple, considered the Dwitiya Sreekhetra, in Mayurbhanj district will begin to roll at 2.30 PM on Friday. The chariots of the sibling deities are pulled here a day after the the…

Bhubaneswar: The world famous Rath Yatra was celebrated in Mumbai with religious fervour on Thursday. After social worker Ram Prasad Muduli performed the Chhera Pahanra ritual, the chariot was pulled from Balaji Angan temple near Sector 3…

This is actually like a riddle. A Jagannath Temple, the sibling deities but no Rath Yatra? Is it possible in Odisha? It may be difficult to believe but this is a fact. The unique distinction goes to the Jagannath Temple at Patripal, about…

Jajpur/Khurda: Two persons were killed and eight others including a minor boy were injured during Rath Yatra in Odisha on Thursday. In Jajpur, two persons were killed and seven others seriously injured when the iron chariot of the Lords…