Puri Current Affairs, GK & News

Puri Heritage Project

March 11, 2022

In 2019, Puri Heritage Corridor Project was unveiled to transform Puri town into an international place of heritage. About the Project Puri heritage corridor project involves the redevelopment of important parts of Puri for tourism purposes. There are a total of 22 projects, which will be executed in different phases. The architectural design plan of ..

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Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra begins

July 13, 2021

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 ..

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Odisha hosted National Tourism Conference

January 27, 2020

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). ..

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Konark Festival and International Sand Art Festival begins in Odisha

December 3, 2019

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. ..

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Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik-The first Indian to win Italian Golden Sand Art Award

November 17, 2019

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 ..

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Odisha government signs pactwith UNICEF to provide safe drinking water

October 29, 2019

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 ..

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