: Odisha hosts muted Rath Yatra without devotees, many flout physical distancing norms #IndiaNEWS The annual Jagannath Rath Yatra in Odisha’s Puri city began on Tuesday. Usually attended by lakhs

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Odisha hosts muted Rath Yatra without devotees, many flout physical distancing norms #IndiaNEWS
The annual Jagannath Rath Yatra in Odisha’s Puri city began on Tuesday. Usually attended by lakhs of devotees, this year’s procession was drastically scaled down because of the coronavirus pandemic. The chariot pulling ritual will be done by not more than 500 people this year. In an order on June 18, the Supreme Court had forbidden the annual ritual. “Lord Jagannath will not forgive us if we allow this,??? Chief Justice of India SA Bobde had said. In a hearing on Monday, however, the top court allowed Odisha to conduct the ritual in a restricted manner. The Odisha government has imposed a complete shutdown in Puri from 8 pm on Monday till 2 pm on Wednesday. The government will also conduct coronavirus tests on priests pulling the chariot. There will also be an interval of one hour between the pulling of three chariots. The Jagannath Temple was sanitised before the yatra began. Odisha: Sanitisation conducted at Jagannath Temple in Puri earlier today. #RathYatra is being carried out today in Puri after Supreme Court granted permission to hold annual chariot festival amid #COVID19 pandemic. No more than 500 ppl allowed to pull chariots as per SCs order pic.twitter.com/DbKaCJEMdG— ANI (@ANI) June 23, 2020 However, several videos from Puri showed priests standing very close...Read more

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