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Senior Sevayat Of Puri Jagannath Temple Passes Away

Puri: Rabindranath Pratihari, a senior sevayat of the Jagannath temple here, passed away at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar on Wednesday. He was 79.

A member of the Jagannath Temple Managing Committee, Pratihari played a major role in the propagation of the Jagannath culture and tradition across the world.

He was the secretary general of the Shri Jagannath Chetana Gabesana Pratisthan. He is credited with a number of research studies on the Jagannath cult and also authored several books.

OB Bureau

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