Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra 2023: Indian Railways to run 857 special trains for pligrims
India | June 19, 2023 23:45 ISTThe special trains will be operated till June 30. The Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra is the largest rath yatra in the world.
The special trains will be operated till June 30. The Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra is the largest rath yatra in the world.
The three deities, decked in gold jewellery sat on the Rath Yatra chariots outside the temple, as thousands watched in devotion.
The 144th annual rath yatra of Lord Jagannath and his celestial siblings began in the country on Monday with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols.
Arrangements are in place for Odisha's Lord Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra to commence today.
Massive security arrangements are in place for a smooth conduct of Lord Jagannath's annual Rath Yatra on July 12 in Odisha's Puri amid strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols. Like last year, the revered festival will be held without the participation of devotees in view of the Covid situation. The government has completely banned presence of people at the Grand Road in front of the 12th century shrine in Puri during the chariots procession. Chalking out a detailed security plan, the state police has deployed 65 platoons of force along with senior officers.
Massive security arrangements are in place for a smooth conduct of Lord Jagannath's annual Rath Yatra on July 12 in Odisha's Puri amid strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols.
A curfew will be clamped in Puri town a day before the festival on July 12 and the restrictions will remain effective till the next afternoon, Puri's District Magistrate Samarth Verma said.
Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in the pilgrim town of Puri on Sunday finalised the schedule for the annual Rath Yatra and eventsrelated to the car festival.
Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Jena said that all guidelines of the Supreme Court, issued last year, will have to be followed in letter and spirit while observing therituals on the occasion.
The Supreme Court is hearing a bunch of petitions seeking modification in its order in which it had stayed Lord Jagannath’s famous Rath Yatra in Odisha. A three-judge bench of the apex court, headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI), SA Bobde, said that Puri rath yatra will be held with coordination of Temple committee, State and central Govt without compromising with health issue.
Eminent sand artist Subal Moharana of Bhubaneswar, ahead of the chariot festival in Puri, has made the smallest chariot of Lord Jagannath.
The preparations for the Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra is in full swing as the chariots for Lord Jagannath, Balbhadra and Devi Subhadra, is being built at a frenetic pace.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik held discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday over organising Lord Jagannath's "Rath Yatra" in Puri this year, as the centuries-old religious event plunged into uncertainty following the COVID-19 outbreak.
In the Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra in Odisha, lakhs of devotees created a human corridor so that an ambulance could get through. The video has gone viral on the internet.
Cuttack: Orissa High Court today refused to intervene on a PIL seeking ban on issuance of cordon passes during the Lord Jagannath's annual Ratha Yatra in Puri scheduled on Sunday. Premananda Mohanty, an advocate from
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