As per the timetable, the Parimanik Ticket Darshan started at 8 am and will continue for an hour. The Parimanik Darshan ticket holders will enter the shrine through the South Gate.
Keeping the heat wave conditions in view, the administration has made elaborate arrangements. While it has stocked about 25 lakh water bottles, volunteers have been roped in to distribute them among the devotees at the grand road and the sea beach.
In an exclusive interview with OTV, the first servitor of Lord Jagannath cast light on what he has visualised the Srimandir Heritage Corridor Project should be.
In the chariot construction, a total of 46 Maharana servitors, 16 labourers, four blacksmiths and two cutters are engaged. Similarly, the temple and district administrations have made elaborate arrangements for the festival.
All the inter-state tourist buses and local tourist buses will stop and park at Malatipatpur bus stand. All the regular passenger-carrying buses will be allowed up to Talabania temporary bus stand via Malatipatapur railway over bridge, Toshali Sands, Grid Station Chhak and Bhudan Chhaka.
Addressing the people, PM Modi said, “Rath Yatra has a unique identity in the whole world. Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra is taken out with great fanfare in different states of the country. The Rath Yatra in Puri, Odisha is a wonder in itself.”
According to sources, as many as 170 platoons of police force will be deployed in the pilgrim town for the smooth and timely conduct of Rath Yatra, which is likely to witness a footfall of over 10 lakh of devotees from different parts of the country and globe.
After being enlisted as the servitor of the temple, Swastik, son of ‘Banakalagi’ servitor Rati Dutta Mohapatra, engaged himself in the Banakalagi service of the deities.
The main focus of the drill was to ensure prompt shifting of devotees needing medical attention due to several reasons like sunstroke, asphyxiation, or in a stampede-like situation.
Rajkishore Nayak’s family has been decorating the three chariots during Rath Yatra with artificial flowers every year.
As per the tradition, the Bhuyan tribes in Keonjhar have the responsibility to collect ‘Siali’ creepers from various places in the Gandhamardan forest.
The Puri administration opened the outer access road of the Srimandir Heritage Corridor project for the public on Thursday. The administration opened the road ahead of the world-famous Rath Yatra scheduled to begin from June 20.
On Deba Snana Purnima day, which is believed to be the birthday of Lord Jagannath, the deities are taken out in a traditional procession called ‘Pahandi’ from the sanctum sanctorum to the Snana bedi or bathing altar, located in the northeast corner of the Bahara Bedha.
Like us, Lord Jagannath too brushes His teeth and retires for the day after dinner. Hence He too feels the sweltering heat during the summer. To get a respite from the rising mercury, He along with His brother Balabhadra, Bhudevi and Sridevi goes to Narendra Puskarini, a tank, to enjoy boat ride.
Hera Panchami ritual is observed on the fifth day of the car festival.
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