Puri Swargadwar

The Puri District Administration has lifted the restriction for cremation at the Puri Swargadwar for non-Puri residents.

Puri District Administration has imposed restriction for cremation at the Puri Swargadwar. Residents from outside the Puri District, won't be allowed to cremate bodies there from January 10, 2022.

In a major relief for lakhs of devotees, the Puri district administration has decided to reopen the Swargadwar for everyone across Odisha from August 16.

In view of rising number of Covid-19 deaths and closure of Puri Swargadwar for people outside the district, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to build two more Crematoriums in Patia (gas-based) and Khandagiri…

TNI Bureau: The decision by Puri District Administration to bar people from outside Puri District to have a cremation at Swargadwar, may trigger a big controversy further. Puri Collector Balwant Singh has announced this decision, saying…