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BHUBANESWAR - At least four lakh pilgrims Thursday took a holy dip in a pond in Orissa's temple town of Konark on the occasion of Magha Saptami which Hindus consider auspicious, the authorities said.
BHUBANESWAR - Puri Shankaracharya Nishchalanand Saraswati has opposed a move by Uttarakhand to build hydropower projects across the Ganga, describing it as an attempt to destroy the sacred river.
BHUBANESWAR - Security has been increased in Orissa's Puri city ahead of the annual nine-day chariot festival of Lord Jagannath beginning Tuesday that is expected to draw nearly a million devotees.
BHUBANESWAR - At least 63 special trains will be run for pilgrims during the Rath Yatra, the annual nine-day chariot festival of Lord Jagannath, in Orissa's temple city of Puri, an official said Saturday.
BHUBANESWAR - A Christian group Sunday demanded an unconditional apology from union Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh for terming the wearing of the traditional convocation robe as a barbaric colonial practice.
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