Odisha's COVID-19 tally rose to 9,82,181 on Wednesday as 1,315 more people tested positive for the infection, while 66 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 6,168, a health official said.
SJTA chief administrator Krishan Kumar has convened the virtual meeting to decide on allowing the devotees into the Jagannath temple, a senior official said.
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has inaugurated the ‘Sujal-Drink From Tap Mission’ to provide quality drinking water that would be suitable for consumption from the tap.
The hotels and lodges were told to submit an undertaking on the closure to the local police, an official order issued by the district administration said.
Legal action has also been taken against 10 people, including two persons from Haryana, who were present on the Grand Road during the Ratha Jatra, officials said.
The Jagannatha Temple administration on Friday informed that like the previous year, this year's Rath Yatra festival would be organised without the participation of devotees and in strict adherence to safety protocols to contain the spread of coronavirus.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Supreme Court rejected a batch of petitions seeking direction to conduct Rath Yatra across Odisha and not only in Puri Jagannath temple, as permitted by the Odisha State Government in its order earlier.
The celebrations for Lord Jagannath's annual Ratha Jatra began in Puri on Friday with the 'Naba Jauban Darshan' of the sibling deities, during which they are worshipped in their youthful appearances after spending 14 days in 'Anasara Ghara' or quarantine.
Shree Jagannatha Temple authority in Odisha's Puri has asked devotees to light lamps at their houses as the gathering is not allowed during the Rath Yatra.
Last month, a team of AAI had visited the pilgrim town Puri to make a pre-feasibility study for the proposed airport. They visited the proposed site at Girala near Sipasarubali area on Puri-Bramhagiri road.
A curfew will be clamped in Puri town a day before the festival on July 12 and the restrictions will remain effective till the next afternoon, Puri's District Magistrate Samarth Verma said.
Devotees celebrated 'Devasnana Poornima' of lord Jagannath on June 24. Devasnana Poornima is a festival dedicated to lord Jagannath. As per the Hindu calendar, the festival is celebrated on the full moon day of 'Jyeshtha' month. Celebrations began in the absence of devotees as the Chief Administrator of the temple had said that the festival will be live-streamed for them across the world.
The construction work of three chariots of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Mata Subhadra is going on perfectly. The chariots will be use to take out procession during world famous Rath Yatra. The famous Rath Yatra will takes place on June 24, 2021. However, due to COVID pandemic, the celebrations will be held following the protocols.
The East Coast Railway (ECoR) on Saturday decided to restrict movement of passenger trains to the temple town of Puri.
The Chandan Yatra, which continued for three weeks at Jagannath Temple in Puri, ended on Saturday. Normally, thousands of devotees flock to witness this yatra every year. However, this year, the Yatra was carried out amidst strict Covid protocol.
Chandana Yatra also known as Gandhalepana yatra is the longest festival observed at Jagannatha Temple in Puri.
On the occasion of "World Bicycle Day" an 18 yrs old boy Saswat Ranjan Sahoo from Puri district of Odisha has made a penny farthing bicycle by using 3653 match sticks, Length of the model is 50 inch and width is 25 inch.
With 10 more persons testing positive for COVID, the number of such servitors increased to 18. However, none of the COVID positive servitors had so far entered into the Ratha Khala, Puri district collector Sarthak Verma told reporters.
Keeping in view the surge of COVID-19 cases in Odisha and also in Puri, the authorities of the temple of Lord Jagannath in the pilgrim town on Sundayannounced that the 12th century shrine would remain out of bounds for the public till June 15.
The Chandan Yatra of Lord Jagannath began on Saturday in Puri, Odisha. The yatra marks the beginning of construction of Raths (Chariots) for the annual Rath Yatra scheduled to take place on July 12.
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