Bhubaneswar: Maa Biraja Temple in Odisha’s Jajpur district will remain out of bounds for devotees on February 3, 2026, in view of President Droupadi Murmu’s scheduled visit to the shrine.
According to the Biraja Temple Trust Board, general darshan will be suspended starting from 5.30 am on that day. The temple premises will remain inaccessible to devotees throughout the President’s ‘pind daan’ rituals for her ancestors and her stay, reopening only after her departure.
The President is scheduled to embark on a six-day tour of Odisha from February 2, attending several programmes in Balasore, Jajpur and May
urbhanj districts. She will arrive in Bhubaneswar and stay overnight at Lok Bhavan in the state capital.
On February 3, Murmu will visit Jajpur to offer prayers at the temple of Goddess Biraja and perform ritual at Navi Gaya. Late in afternoon, she will attend the convocation ceremony of Fakir Mohan (FM) University in Balasore as the chief guest.
Thereafter, the President will proceed to Puri, where she will perform ‘pind daan’ at the Swetaganga tank the following morning and visit Shree Jagannath Temple for darshan of the sibling deities around 7:40 am. She is likely to spend nearly 40 minutes at the 12th-century shrine, which will remain closed for devotees from 6 am until her departure at 8.20 am.
During the final leg of her Odisha tour, the President will visit Mayurbhanj district on February 5-6, where she is slated to participate in multiple official and cultural programmes and also visit the Simlipal National Park, which will remain closed for tourists for three days starting February 4.