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In a bid to offer smooth and hassle-free darshan to the devotees visiting Puri Srimandir, ramps and barricades will be installed at the 12th-century shrine. A possible design of the collapsible crowd management system came to the fore on Monday.
As per reports and the design, the collapsible wooden ramp and barricading system will be set up inside the temple and there will be separate queues for men, women, children, elderly persons, and divyang devotees.
The barricading arrangement will start from the ‘Sata Pahacha’ and devotees will go for darshan through the barricades at Nata Mandap.
Similarly, the ramp will be installed at ‘Bahara Katha’ and devotees visiting the shrine will climb atop of it to get hassle-free darshan of the Holy Trinity before exiting through the ‘Ghanti Dwara’.
“Every devotees visit the shrine to get a glimpse of the Lord Jagannath and his siblings. I think the temple administration has plans to install 6 inch to 1 ft high ramp. I am of the opinion that the system should be designed for a long-term perspective,” said Madaba Mohapatra, a member of the temple administration.
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Sharing details of the crowd management system, Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan said it will ensure a disciplined darshan at the shrine.
“We have planned for disciplined darshan at Puri Srimandir from Margasira month on the Odia calendar. A high-level meeting regarding various projects of the temple is scheduled for October 18. As per the initial plan, the devotees will enter through Sata Pahacha and exit through Ghanti Dwara,” Harichandan said.
“We will try to completely eliminate chaos and long waits through this system,” he added.
