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With over 3.5-4 lakh devotees expected to visit Puri's Jagannath temple on New Year's day, comprehensive security, traffic, crowd management, and emergency preparedness measures have been taken, a ...

Bhubaneswar: As the New Year approaches, an unusual question has sparked debate in Puri — should Lord Jagannath be kept awake past Dec 31 midnight to allow lakhs of devotees to offer prayers early on ...

Security will be enhanced at the Shree Jagannath temple and the sea beach besides other tourist spots like the Konark Sun temple, Ramachandi, Chandrabhaga, Baliharachandi and Satapada. BHUBANESWAR: ...

With more than five lakh visitors expected in Puri alone on New Year’s Eve, Odisha police will deploy 150 platoons across key tourist and religious sites under its “Zero-Tolerance, Maximum-Safety” ...

Puri (Odisha), Jan 1, 2026 (ANI): Large number of devotees thronged Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri on New Year 2026. “Today is the first day of the English New Year 2026. Though there is no ...

PURI: Puri witnessed an unprecedented footfall of over five lakh devotees and tourists on the first day of 2026 on Thursday. In view of the massive rush, the Shree Jagannath temple was opened at 1 am ...

BHUBANESWAR: Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra will not be kept ‘fully awake’ past midnight on New Year. Following outcry over the practice, the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration ...

New year 2026: The final sunset of 2025 has already been witnessed in several parts of India. As of the recent update, residents of Puri, the city of Lord Jagannath and Jalpaiguri in West Bengal saw ...

Did our AI summary help? As the New Year 2026 draws near, major temples across India have introduced new arrangements to handle the expected surge of devotees, enhance safety, and make darshan more ...

New Delhi [India], December 29 (ANI): India has marked a transformative milestone in its energy sector by offering 50 new exploration and production (E&P) blocks across oil, gas and coal bed methane ...