Former Nepal King To Arrive In Odisha On February 7

Bhubaneswar: Former King of Nepal, Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev will pay a five-day visit to Odisha beginning from February 7, official sources said.

As per the tour itinerary, the former king, after arriving in Bhubaneswar on February 7 will visit Rathipur near Jatni and inaugurate the ‘Mission Wow Cow Goshala. After performing rituals, he will address a public meeting.

On the next day, he will visit Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar and then leave for Sakhigopal for a darshan of the Lords at Radha Krishna temple.

The king will return to Bhubaneswar in the evening and leave for Puri on a three-day visit. As per the invitation from the Gobardhan Peeth he will attend the two-day silver jubilee ceremony on the ‘Pattabhisheka’ of the Shankaracharya on February 9 and 10.

After having a night halt in Puri, the former king will visit the Shri Jagannath temple on February 11 for the darshan of the Lords and return to Bhubaneswar in the evening.

He will leave for Nepal in the morning on February 12, the sources added.

Meanwhile, the Chhatisa Nijog of Shri Jagannath temple in Puri will have a meeting on Monday to finalise the schedule for the rituals of the Lords to be performed by the Nepal king at the Ratna Simhasan inside the sanctum sanctorum.