No Private TV Channel To Cover Snana Yatra In Puri This Year

By OB Bureau On May 29, 2020

Puri King Dibyasingha Deb performs his rituals at Snana Mandap in Puri on Thursday.

Bhubaneswar: Unlike previous years, the private TV channels will not be allowed to live telecast the Snana Yatra of the deities of Jagannath temple in Puri this time.

Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Krishan Kumar has written to Information and Public Relations department to make arrangements for live telecast and webcast of Snana Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings to be held on June 5. The Shree Jagannath Temple Office has written a letter to the State Government in this regard.

However, the feed of the live telecast can be shared with private TV channels as mediapersons will not be allowed to cover the event due to COVID-19 pandemic. Subhransu Sekhar Padhi has been appointed as the Nodal Officer for the purpose.