Puri: The possibility of the Snana Jatra of the deities of Shree Jagannath temple in Puri seems brighter following a meeting of chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Krishan Kumar with the representatives of 10 sevayat bodies (Nijogs) on Thursday.
Briefing the mediapersons after the meeting, Kumar said the meeting unanimously proposed to conduct the Snana Jatra of the Lords with a limited number of sevayats in accordance with the social distancing guidelines.
“It was decided that the sevayat bodies will give a list of sevayats to be engaged in the rituals to the SJTA by May 25. On the basis of the list, the temple administration will finalise the names of the sevayats,” he added.
Stating that the temple administration had a discussion with the Daitapati Nijog on the matter, Kumar said there will be another meeting with the Chhattisha Nijog while the final decision will be taken at the meeting of the Temple Managing Committee.
Asked about the other rituals of the Lords to be held outside the temple, he said these rituals cannot be held as per the present lockdown guidelines.
“Any decision in this regard can be taken after the Central government issues fresh guidelines following the lifting of the fourth-phase lockdown on May 31. We will wait till then,” Kumar said.
New Delhi: India has been given new wings to fly. That’s exactly what the Indian…
New Delhi: NASA astronaut Sunita Williams celebrated her 59th birthday aboard the International Space Station…
Puri: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) will conduct survey of Ratna Bhandar (the sacred…
Bhubaneswar: While police have registered a murder case in connection with the death of a…
New Delhi: A day before senior party leader and minister Atishi's taking oath as Delhi’s…
Noida: In a bizarre incident, a video—apparently of a lecture class of Amity University in…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court of India’s YouTube channel has reportedly been hacked, and news…
Bhubaneswar: In a major boost to sports in Odisha, the newly-formed team Konark Suryas Odisha…