BHUBANESWAR: The restrictions forced by the Covid-19 pandemic, could not dampen the enthusiasm of Rath Yatra with the resplendent gods of Jagannath Temple In Puri With the start of the state’s biggest festival, he is set to embark on a nine-day stay at his birthplace Gundicha temple on Monday.
While the centuries-old rituals of the 12th-century temple have remained unaffected by the pandemic, the Grand Road or Bada Danda is missing due to restrictions on the participation of devotees in their chariots. The three kilometer Grand Road from Jagannath Temple to Gundicha Temple was filled with joyous devotees. more ready Everything changed before Kovid-19.
Puri is restricted to tourists with curfew coming into force from 8 pm on Sunday, but local residents were lucky to be able to offer prayers and touch the chariots outside the temple a day before the Rath Yatra. The curfew will remain in force till 8 pm on Tuesday. Hotels on both sides of Grand Road have been evacuated.
“We cannot step out of our homes on Monday. To experience the Rath Yatra, we went to the empty chariots the day before the big day and bowed down. We will remember the spectacle of deities riding on chariots for the second year in a row,” said Puri resident Subasini Tripathi.
The Singh Dwar (Lion’s Gate) in front of the Jagannath Temple was soaked with religious fervor as the servants pulled three grand chariots from Rath Khala (where the chariots were being made) to the main gate of the temple amidst the beat of cymbals. To play the conch
chief administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration Visited the Govardhan Math and invited the Puri Shankaracharya, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, to worship the deities atop the chariots on Monday. Krishna Kumar said, “We have been assured of timely conduct of all the rituals related to the chariot by the sevadars inside the temple and on the chariots.”
District Collector Samarth Verma appealed to the local residents to cooperate in the arrangements of the government and stay in their homes. “We have issued a toll-free helpline number in public interest in case of any emergency. The number goes as 18003457495,” said Verma.
While the centuries-old rituals of the 12th-century temple have remained unaffected by the pandemic, the Grand Road or Bada Danda is missing due to restrictions on the participation of devotees in their chariots. The three kilometer Grand Road from Jagannath Temple to Gundicha Temple was filled with joyous devotees. more ready Everything changed before Kovid-19.
Puri is restricted to tourists with curfew coming into force from 8 pm on Sunday, but local residents were lucky to be able to offer prayers and touch the chariots outside the temple a day before the Rath Yatra. The curfew will remain in force till 8 pm on Tuesday. Hotels on both sides of Grand Road have been evacuated.
“We cannot step out of our homes on Monday. To experience the Rath Yatra, we went to the empty chariots the day before the big day and bowed down. We will remember the spectacle of deities riding on chariots for the second year in a row,” said Puri resident Subasini Tripathi.
The Singh Dwar (Lion’s Gate) in front of the Jagannath Temple was soaked with religious fervor as the servants pulled three grand chariots from Rath Khala (where the chariots were being made) to the main gate of the temple amidst the beat of cymbals. To play the conch
chief administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration Visited the Govardhan Math and invited the Puri Shankaracharya, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, to worship the deities atop the chariots on Monday. Krishna Kumar said, “We have been assured of timely conduct of all the rituals related to the chariot by the sevadars inside the temple and on the chariots.”
District Collector Samarth Verma appealed to the local residents to cooperate in the arrangements of the government and stay in their homes. “We have issued a toll-free helpline number in public interest in case of any emergency. The number goes as 18003457495,” said Verma.
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