Jagannath Temple

Earlier, an online complaint was filed by an RTI activist named Jayanta Das, in which he accused Ramakrishna Das Mahapatra of removing the wood without taking permission from the temple administration.

While only Hindus are allowed inside the Puri Jagannath temple in Odisha and rightly so as the temple belongs to the Hindu deity Lord Jagannath, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, it is being said that people of all faiths will be allowed inside the Digha Jagannath temple.

As per schedule, the puja rituals will finally culminate on 17th January when Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik will walk through the Jagannath Puri temple corridor in the afternoon and officially declare it open for devotees.

Influencer Kamiya Jani said, "I am a practising Hindu. I have never eaten beef. I do not promote eating beef."

Odisha unit of BJP has taken offence to a video of social media influencer and Curly Tales founder Kamiya Jani talking to BJD leader VK Pandian on Jagannath temple premises and questioned how a "promoter of beef consumption like Jani" was granted access to the revered temple premises

The Shri Mandir Parikrama Project in Puri cost Rs 943 crore. The foundation stone of the project was laid in November 2021 and it will be inaugurated in January 2024.

Ravinder Nath Pradhan, Secretary, Sree Neelachala Seva Sangha, Jagannath Temple, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, debunked the allegations of discrimination against President Droupadi Murmu

Rathyatra celebrations in these two distant states are another example of how the states of India, despite diverse linguistic and cultural norms, are bound together by strings of Hindu tradition and spirituality.

Rahman Khan was forcibly trying to enter the Jagannath Puri temple when the security personnel caught him

Odisha Governor Lal stated that despite knowing that many people are opposed to allowing entry to non-Hindus into the temple, he proposed to allow them entry due to his association with Odisha.