Bhupinder Singh Hooda (right) being sworn in Chief Minister of Haryana by Governor Jagannath Pahadia...
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Congress Legislature Party leader and newly-sworn Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda being given a letter by Governor Jagannath Pahadia asking him to prove majority, at the Raj Bhavan...
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Kendrapada (Orissa), Nov. 10 (ANI): A fresh water turtle is being worshipped in Orissa's Kendrapada district, as it reportedly has features resembling to Lord Jagannath.Residents of Khadipal village are chanting hymns, carrying garlands and fruit to offer prayers and seek blessings from the turtle.According to them, the turtle has some celestial marks on its body, which resemble the eyes, nose and...
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five lakh devotees took holy dip in the Mahodadhi (a stretch of Puri sea from Swargdwar to Chakratirth), offered prayers to the rising Sun God and thronged the Jagannath temple for darshan of the Lord Jagannath today.As per the Hindu calendar, the last five days of Kartik month are considered most auspicious. The devotees who could not observe the month-long ''Kartik Brata'', observe these five days,...
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fresh water turtle is being worshipped in Orissa's Kendrapada district, as it reportedly has features resembling to Lord Jagannath.Residents of Khadipal village are chanting hymns, carrying garlands and fruit to offer prayers and seek blessings from the turtle.According to them, the turtle has some celestial marks on its body, which resemble the eyes, nose and mouth of Lord Jagannath.It is also said...
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rare fresh water turtle, kept captive by the villagers, who believed it to be the incarnation of Lord Jagannath, has been handed over to the forest officials.However, in a similar case, the villagers of Khadipala refused to hand it over and have kept the turtle with them since November 5 as the amphibian has spots resembling eyes on its carapaces which the villagers believed to be those of Lord Jagannath....
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Lakhs of devotees thronged this holy city to witness lifting of ''Mahadip'' to the temple top and lighting of diyas atop the temple ''Amolaka'' as the three-day long festival in the Sri Jagannath temple, popularly known as ''Deba dipabali'' concluded yesterday.On the first day he offered Pinda (obsequies) to the mythological king Indradyumna who established the lords in this temple and asked for a...
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For 15-year-old Ankur Dhamal, participating in the Salwan Cross-Country Run is like taking another step towards his dream of representing India in the Paralympics.The "marathon", that was flagged off by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit at the Army Equestrian Centre here today, saw 840 visually impaired children like Dhamal putting on their running shoes for a special 3-km race.Dhamal, a student...
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PURI:There was a record collection of over Rs 32 lakh on a single day from theJagannath temple hundi on Thursday. The temple had received Rs 18,49,796 in aday, on September 29, 2008."We collected Rs 32,45,153 donated by thedevotees on Thursday. This was the highest ever collection since the hundi wasinstalled in 1983," Jagannath temple' public relations officer LaxmidharPujapanda said. However, the...
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Nov. 7: A rare species of fresh water turtle with unique features has become a centre of attraction among the people in the village of Khadipal in Orissa's Kendrapara district, nearly 150 km from here.
Pious people from the surrounding areas have been thronging the village to worship the tortoise, installed...
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