Puri Rathayatra: When the Lord of the Universe goes on a ride

Brave the hot and humid weather of Odisha in June-July and catch a glimpse of one of the greatest shows on earth, Puri Rathayatra. Awed by the lumbering gigantic chariot of Lord Jagannath, the British even added a new word to the English dictionary – juggernaut – meaning an ‘overwhelming force’.


Puri: The sacred beach

No Bengali is a true Bengali unless he has been to this sacred beach city–on the shores of the Bay of Bengal–in Odisha


Pilgrimage to Puri

Be a part of the unimaginable chaos, variety and ecstasy of Jagannath Rathyatra during Nabakalebara festival in Puri (Orissa)


Time of sand

When Puri was Puri-on-Sea, the BNR was the place to be. For some, it still is, in a new avatar