Senior Puri Jagannath temple priest suspended for involvement in consecration of Digha temple

Senior Puri Jagannath temple servitor who took part in Digha shrine consecration suspended for 30 days

The order also warned against any attempt to influence or intimidate other servitors or individuals which will impact the rituals of the temple.

Senior Puri Jagannath temple priest suspended for involvement in consecration of Digha temple

Sevayat Ramkrishna Das Mohapatra had remarked that the daru (sacred wood) used in the Digha temple in West Bengal had been procured from the surplus wood of the Nabakalebara rituals at the Puri shrine

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