Ahmedabad: The city civic body has initiated work on its Temple Link Project, valued at over Rs. 155 crore, to develop the area surrounding the famous Jagannath Temple in the old city. This project, which aims to highlight Ahmedabad's rich temple heritage, includes a 2-km trail passing through historic sites like Vasant Chowk and the Ganesh Temple, connecting Saptarshi No Aaro to the Jagannath Temple along the traditional Jal Yatra route. The trail will connect a network of nearly 35 ancient ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has filed a PIL in the Gujarat High Court, seeking the return of land leased out by the Jagannath temple trusts. The VHP opposes the leasing of the land to private developers and argues for its restoration to its original purpose. Dharmendra Patel, a petitioner from the VHP alleges that the temple trusts leased the land parcels to private developers, including a Muslim builder, without obtaining permission from the charity commissioner. After Patel f...Read More

Ahmedabad: Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah is in home-state Gujarat to celebrate Uttarayan with his family. Amit Shah will first visit Jagannath mandir in the walled city at 9:45 am with his family members and perform darshan and pooja of Bhagwan Jagannath, Balbhadra and Subhadra. Home Minister Shah will later attend three Kite flying programs in his Lok Sabha constituency. Shah will first participate in the Kite Festival Program at Venus Parkland of Vejalpur Assembly seat ar...Read More

Ahmedabad: Chandan-Yatra, the first religious ceremony pertaining to the annual Bhagwan Jagannath Rath Yatra here to be taken out on July 14 from historic Jagannath temple in the city this year was held in the temple premises in Jamalpur today. Temple Trustee Mahendra Jha and Mahant (the chief priest) of Dilip Das performed the Chandan Yatra Puja to mark the construction of the 3 wooden chariots used for the procession to carry the idols of lord Jagannath, brother Balbhadra and s...Read More