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Thousands throng Puri's Jagannath temple to offer 'Paya Shraddha' on Diwali - OrissaPOST

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Puri: Thousands of devotees gathered at the Jagannath Temple in Puri Monday to perform ‘Paya Shraddha’, a ritual to honour ancestors on Diwali. Rituals were held outside the ‘Singha Dwar’ or Lion’s Gate of the temple, with devotees lighting up ‘Kaunria Kathis’ (sacred sticks). Chants of ‘bada badiya ho, andhara re asa, aloka re jao’ that roughly translates to ‘forefathers who came in darkness go back along the lighted path’, were heard. Performi…
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Orissa POST broke the news in on Monday, October 20, 2025.
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