Puri Current Affairs, GK & News
Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra begins
One of the biggest festivals of India, Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra for Lord Jagannath was commenced on July 12, 2021 About Jagannath Puri Yatra Jagannath Puri Yatra is held at one of the Char Dhams called Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha. This festival is the most famous Vaishnavite rituals observed in India and abroad. On ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2021
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs • States Current Affairs
Topics: Jagannath puri rath yatra • Jagannath Temple • Lord Balabhadra • Lord Jagannath • Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra • Lordess Subhadra • Puri
Odisha hosted National Tourism Conference
On 23rd and 24th January 2020, National Tourism Conference was held in an auditorium at the Marine Drive-Eco Retreat designed at Konark, a medium town in the Puri district in the state of Odisha which was jointly organized by the State Government of Odisha and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). ..
Month: Current Affairs - January, 2020
Topics: Government of India • Gujarat • Minister of State for Tourism and Culture • National Tourism Conference • Odisha • Prahlad Singh Patel • Puri
Konark Festival and International Sand Art Festival begins in Odisha
Governor of Odisha, Professor Ganeshi Lal, inaugurated the 30th edition of the Konark festival of classical dance. The annual 5-day dance festival started on 1st December is being organized in the backdrop of the Sun Temple in Konark, Puri district of Odisha. Konark dance festival showcases the best of India’s classical and traditional dance forms. ..
Category: Art & Culture Current Affairs
Topics: blue flag certification • Chandrabhaga beach • Ganeshi Lal • Governor • International sand art festival • Konark • Konark festival • Odisha • Puri • Sun temple
Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik-The first Indian to win Italian Golden Sand Art Award
Sudarsan Pattnaik becomes the first Indian to win the Italian Golden Sand Art Award, 2019. He was felicitated at the International Scorrna Sand Nativity Fete in Italy. Highlights Mr Pattnaik created a 10-foot-high sand sculpture of Mahatma Gandhi along with Russian artist Pavel Minilkov. Around 8 sculptors from different countries participated in the event. Sudarsan ..
Category: Awards, Persons & Places in News
Topics: art • Mahatma Gandhi • Odisha • Puri • sand art • Sand festival
Odisha government signs pactwith UNICEF to provide safe drinking water
The Odisha government has recently signed a Letter of Understanding (LoU) with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to provide 24-hour safe drinking water to every household in the state under the project ‘Drink From Tap Mission’. The project has been launched on a pilot basis for about 1.2 lakh people involving 22,000 families in pockets ..
Topics: Drinking water • Khordha district • Organizations • Puri • States and union territories of India • Subdivisions of India • UNICEF • United Nations Development Group • United Nations Economic and Social Council