The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to pass any directive to permit the annual Muharram processions this year across the country, saying it would “create chaos and a ...

The Jagannath Temple administration in Puri has decided to break with tradition and preserve the three wooden chariots used in the recent Rath Yatra, dismaying the carpenters, a segment of the servito...

Super strong men with muscles can be indispensable. Among fears that without the crowds of devotees who usually pull the ropes of the huge chariots of the presiding deities in Puri during Rath Yatra t...

When the Supreme Court ruled that only 500 people would be allowed to pull each of the three chariots during Rath Yatra in Puri this year, many at the Jagannath Temple were apprehensive. After all, s...

Odisha police have issued instructions to all its officials not to visit Puri till July 4. Only those officers who have been deployed for the Rath Yatra are allowed to enter the city. A communiqué to...

Hotels in Puri have reopened after almost two-and-a-half months. Rooms have been refurbished and booking has begun. But business is yet to gain momentum as visitors are few and far between.Hoteliers, ...

The Centre on Thursday allowed the Odisha government to go ahead with the construction of the chariots of Lord Jagannath and his siblings for the upcoming Rath Yatra.However, the Centre has made it cl...

...

The Bengal government has told Calcutta High Court that the proposed rath yatra to be flagged off by BJP president Amit Shah in Cooch Behar should not be allowed on the grounds that it might inflame c...

Bengal agriculture minister Ashis Banerjee first pulled the rope of a chariot at the Tarapith Rath Yatra on Thursday with the temple committee managing to convince the BJP not to turn the annual festi...