Puri: A 38-year-old man who had come to Puri to perform the last rites of his friend’s relative was allegedly stabbed to death near Swargadwar on Thursday night following a minor altercation. The ...

Overcrowded pyres and crumbling facilities at Swargadwar in Puri are turning the final farewell of loved ones into an ordeal for grieving families as a sharp rise in cremations has pushed the holy ...

BHUBANESWAR: The samadhi (memorial) of late chief minister Biju Patnaik, father of Naveen Patnaik, located at Swargadwar in Puri will be removed as the state government on Friday approved a ...

The Puri district administration on Monday lifted the restriction on the conduct of the last rites of non-Puri residents at Swargadwar crematorium. The Puri administration had drawn flak when it ...

Bhubaneswar, Aug 14 (IANS) After a gap of more than three months, the Swargadwar at Puri in Odisha has been allowed to reopen for observance of the funeral rites of the deceased belonging to other ...

The Puri district administration had imposed the restriction on April 25 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. File picture The Puri district administration on Saturday lifted the restriction on cremation ...

A 86-year-old woman, who was presumed dead, was found alive on Monday moments before her last rites were to be performed at a crematorium in the pilgrim town of Puri. The woman was found alive by the ...