Rath Yatra

Puri: Rath Yatra, the grand festival of Odisha, concluded in Puri on Wednesday amid gaiety and fanfare with the chariots of the Trinity reaching the Sri Gundicha Temple in the evening. While the Darpadalana chariot of Devi Subhadra and…

Koraput: It is the same Lord and the same culture but the way Rath Yatra is celebrated here is different. It is worth visiting Koraput’s Sabara Srikhetra Jagannath Temple to soak in the tribal culture of the place. For the first time this…

Berhampur: After Rubelal Pradhan of Angul made an attempt with enter the Limca Book of Records with 3.5-inch 'Nandighosha', another artist has come up with an even smaller version of the chariot of Lord Jagannath. Satya Maharana of…

Puri: Rath Yatra is also known as Dasavatara Yatra. The reason can be found in the ‘Skanda Purana’. The answer is hidden in a conversation between Shri Skanda and Shri Mahadeva in Chapter-58 of the Skanda Purana. In this chapter, Shri…

Puri: Different servitor communities are engaged to perform specific rituals of the Lords of the Jagannath Temple in Puri during Snana Yatra and Rath Yatra. Most of the servitors enjoy hereditary rights to perform these services. In 13th…

Bhubaneswar: Devotees travelling to Puri for the Rath Yatra festival will have to pay toll tax at Pipli toll plaza, the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has said. Dismissing reports that the user fee will be exempted during this…

Bhubaneswar: Lakhs of devotees thronged the Bada Danda (Grand Road) of Puri on Thursday to witness the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhada and Devi Subhadra during their 9-day annual sojourn. After the consecration of the three…

Bhubaneswar: President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought the blessings of Lord Jagannath for the well-being of the country's people on the occasion of Rath Yatra on Thursday. In his Tweeter post, the President wished…