Ahmedabad: This will be the 144th Rath Yatra for the city, and it won’t be like the others.
While the train cannot roll out in 2020 because of a pandemic, this year there will be no ocean of humanity that greets the Holy Trinity.
The curfew on the procession route will ensure that citizens must see the master of the world from their homes.
“We are pleased that we will carry out procession,” said Mahendra Jha, Trustee for Jagannathji Temple during media interactions on Friday.
“We are committed to following Covid guidelines.” Jha tells the media that for the first time, there will be two Chariot pulled batches.
“The first batch will attract three trains from the temple to Saraspur, and the second will attract them from Sarapur to the temple,” he said.
He added that there would be no stop on the route, and there would only be a five-minute break in Saraspur to exchange while the train was welcomed for the Mameru ritual.
There will be 20 Chariot towers from the community for each train.
They will need a negative RT-PCR report to participate “every year, trains and Mamahant cars are welcomed in 200 places on the route, but this time there will be no such events.
We beg all to watch the procession on TV, and not close to the road, “Jha said.
Mahant Dilipdasji also appealed to worshipers to pray from home.
The temple authority said Green Green grew, given to residents as Prasad during the procession, will be distributed from the place of the temple.
“Considering demand from worshipers, Prasad will be distributed until the Purnima teacher (July 24).
It will not be given along the route,” Jha said.
PradipSinh Jadeja, MOS (home), along with senior officials including DGP Ashish Bhatia countries meet with temple authorities to provide final forms in preparation.
The city police also carry out exercises on the route, show that there will be an ordinary scale of police placement even when the procession has been upgraded to five vehicles.
Jadeja, talked to the media after the discussion, said the procession was a matter of faith for millions.
“We arrange it with all prevention measures.
There will be 20 Chariot towers from the community forces with each train.
All will participate after a negative RT-PCR test,” he said.