A 26-year-old West Bengal tourist was arrested for filming deities inside the Puri Jagannath Temple using a spy camera. The act violates the Shree Jagannath Temple Act, carrying penalties of up to ...

The deities are brought out of the Jagannath Temple and placed on their chariots amidst chanting and drumming. The chariots are then pulled by devotees along the three-kilometre route to the ...

Lord Jagannath (a form of Lord Krishna) desires to visit his birthplace Mathura once a year. This desire is fulfilled symbolically through the Rath Yatra, where the deities travel in grand chariots.

The attires used for Lord Jagannath and his siblings at Puri’s Shree Jagannath Temple will soon be made from karuna silk — a cruelty-free and artificial-dye-free fabric. The Odisha government’s ...