The chariots stand outside the Jagannath Temple and servitors pull the chariots down the Grand Road
BHUBANESWAR: Even as the Jagannath Temple in Puri is abuzz with activities for the annual Rath Yatra, for the rest of the shrines across the state devoted to the sibling deities, there is a sense of melancholy.
With devotees barred from taking part in the festivities owing to the Covid situation for the second successive year and the Supreme Court upholding the state government’s ban on conducting the Rath Yatra anywhere other than Puri, the temples across the state are staring at emptiness.
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