Bhubaneswar: While all eyes are on Thursday’s Cabinet meeting, where a final decision on Rath Yatra in Puri is likely to be taken, the administrations in six districts of Odisha have decided again pulling the chariot on June 23 amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The second-largest Rath Yatra in the state at Baldevjew Temple in Kendrapada will not be held at Tulasikshetra this year. Besides Baladevjew temple, the administration has cancelled chariot pulling in other parts of the district to contain the spread of the virus.
Similar restrictions have been imposed at 12 places in Balasore, two places each in Balangir, Kandhamal and Gajapati, five each place of Sambalpur and Mayurbhanj and temple committees advised against organising the festival outside the temple premises.
Balasore
Shri Jagannath Temple, Khagadapal in Baliapal
Shri Jagannath Mahaprabhu temple in Baliapal
Januganj Jagannath Rath Yatra Committee, Block Colony in Balasore
Jagannath Temple, Gud in Soro
Shri Jagannath Temple, Anantpur in Soro
ISKON temple in Jaleswar
Shri Jagannath Temple, Raipur in Soro
Shri Jagannath Temple, Mubarakpur in Soro
Shri Jagannath Temple, Kainrali in Remuna
Dhadibhavan Jew temple, Kedarpur
Shri Jagannath Temple, Sahajipatana in Remuna
Jagannath Temple, Charanapal in Remuna
In Kandhamal district:
Phulbani
Baliguda
In Balangir district:
Balangir sub-division
Titlagarh sub-division
In Sambalpur district:
Debottar Committee in Redhakhol
Jagannath colony puja committee in Budharaja
Dhanupali Rath Yatra
Khetrajpur Rath Yatra committee
ISCKON in Sakhipada
In Mayurbhanj district:
Shri Jagannath temple Baicha in Rasgovindpur
Jagannath temple Tambakhuri in Rasgovindpur
Betnoti Jagannath temple committee
Ambajoda Jagannath temple committee in Betnoti
Utthani Jagannath temple committee in Betnoti
Garudabasa Jagannath temple committee in Betnoti
In Gajapati district:
Paralakhemundi Jagannath temple committee
Udayagiri Jagannath temple committee
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