: Thousands of people assembled at the Chandrabhaga beach here in Puri district to take holy dip and offer prayers to Sun God on the occasion of Magha Saptami on Friday.
Pilgrims make a beeline to Konark every year on the Magha Shukla Saptami to celebrate the birth of the Sun God. When the Sun
Known as the Tulasi Kshetra, it is treated as sacred as the Sri Kshetra Puri, Ekamra Kshetra Bhubaneswar, Biraja Kshetra Jajpur and Arka Kshetra Konark.