21
Mar
Mar
The Bhubaneswar-Puri Transport Services Limited (BPTSL) has sent a proposal to the state government for plying 234 more buses in Bhubaneswar and to Puri and Cuttack.
17
Mar
Mar
The Tourism Ministry in coordination with the Petroleum Ministry will observe the ‘Nabakalebar Rath Yatra’ in Odisha as an international tourism event this year and take several measures for its global branding and promotion.
18
Feb
Feb
Ahead of Nabakalebara in July, the Jagannath Temple Administration in Puri has decided not to repeat last year’s “embarrassing mistake”, which forced the Shankaracharya to boycott age-old ritual on chariots during Rath Yatra on June 29, 2014.
17
Feb
Feb
The state government has decided to offer free transport service to pilgrims from the newly constructed bus terminus at Malatipatpur to Puri during the Nabakalebara festival scheduled in July. The government has made a budgetary provision of Rs 40 lakh for the free transport service.
Infrastructure development
Puri included in Centre’s Plan ‘Hriday’ – Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana
19
Jan
Jan
Puri has been included in the Union government’s Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (Hriday).
Infrastructure development, Jagannath Temple
Wider Roads Around Jagannath Temple for Puri Pilgrims’ Movement
19
Jan
Jan
Land surrounding the Jagannath temple here will be acquired to widen the existing roads so that pilgrims can have free movement during the Nabakalebara festival.
03
Jan
Jan
In a New Year gift to disabled persons, the police have launched a transport service for them to reach Jagannath Temple in Puri. The service is free, police said.
10
Dec
Dec
Puri Police has launched a Facebook page for the benefit of the pilgrims and tourists who will visit the Pilgrim Town during Nabakalebara next year.
07
Dec
Dec
The managing committee of the Shree Jagannath temple in Odisha’s pilgrim town of Puri, decided to award scholarships to the children of sevayats (servitors) of the temple.
26
Jul
Jul
Odisha Government has announced the formation of committee for Nabakalebar. Puri MLA Maheswar Mohanty to head the panel . RDC will be vice-chairman, Puri collector member secretary of Nabakalebar supervising committee .