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BHUBANESWAR: A member of the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee has appealed to temple and government authorities to discontinue the recent practice of keeping the deities awake on Gregorian New Year’s Eve by opening the sanctum at midnight. He has termed this practice inconsistent with Sanatan Hindu traditions and long-established …

BHUBANESWAR: The Odisha government is considering tougher legal provisions to curb repeated violations of rules within the 12th-century Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, following the circulation of a viral photograph allegedly taken from the highly restricted sanctum area of the shrine. Reacting strongly to the incident, Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan …