Ranchi: The district government has difficulty maintaining the sacrifice of the Jagannath Temple in Dhurwa on Monday on the occasion of Rath Yatra even though the state government has suspended the process and only allows the custom rituals carried out behind closed doors.
Chairman of the Minister of Hemant Soren and his wife Kalpana Soren visited the temple but they did not step in and pray from outside Dol Mandap, where the gods were kept.
Praveer Shahdeo, a descendant of the founder of my temple, I Nath Shahdeo, said, “We have invited cm today because he visited the temple every year during Rath Yatra.” Meanwhile, the worshipers arrived at the temple in large quantities despite limitations.
Abhishek Roshan, a member of Rath Mela Surakha Samiti, “Hundreds of people have gathered at the entrance of the Temple since early morning.
However, the gate remains closed.” The police said throughout the day, they asked the worshipers to the loudspeakers to avoid meeting but were unsuccessful.
SAURAV SAURAV said, “Many people from rural areas arrived because they did not know that the meeting was limited this year too.
The police made an encouragement to tell people that the exhibition and meeting were not allowed.
The administration will set the drop gate on the road to the temple From Tuesday to stop worshipers.
About 700 police personnel will be engaged to implement government restrictions during the nine days.
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