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Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Thursday released assistance of Rs 10,000 each to families of 2463 servitors of the temple to cope up with financial distress owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. "Yesterday under the…

Bhubaneswar: Servitors of Lord Lingaraj Temple will be vaccinated for COVID-19 during a special drive over the next six days. During this drive, servitors 60 years and above and those in the age group of 45 to 59 years with comorbidities…

Puri: All servitors participating in any ritual related to Bahuda Yatra are being made to go for thermal screening by the district health officials. It is to be noted here that all the servitors and police officials have already been…

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Bahuda Yatra celebrations, the second phase of COVID-19 testing were conducted in Puri. 12 positive cases were found against a total of 5569 samples. Taking to Twitter, the official account of Puri administration…

Puri: Two people have been detained by the Kumbharpada police for allegedly entering the Gundicha temple while dressed up as servitors. They have been identified as Abhijit Mohanty of Kumbharpada area and Smruti Ranjan Mohanty of…

A blanket ban on chewing of tobacco products and paan on the premises of Puri Jagannath Temple has been extensively welcomed by servitors and devotees alike.

A delegation of Mayurbhanj district’s Baripada-based Shree Hari Baldev Jew Temple ‘sebayats’ (servitors) today met Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik with their grievances as well as various problems of the age-old shrine.

SC-appointed amicus curiae (‘friend of the court’) Gopal Subramanium held discussions today with the managing committee of the Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) under the chairmanship of Gajapati Maharaj Dibyasingha Deb over SC’s…

The First Lady Of India, Savita Kovind, wife of President Ramnath Kovind, was ‘inappropriately touched’ by some servitors reportedly during their visit to Puri Jagannath Temple in March. The three ‘accused’ servitors are likely to be…

**Puri:** After a petition was filed in the Supreme Court seeking curb of malpractices in the management of Shri Jagannath temple in Puri, the court issued a slew of directions to address…