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Puri Rath Yatra: Eight carpenters test COVID-19 positive, making of chariots on The festival marks the annual journey of the three deities from the Jagannath Temple to the Gundicha Temple. Share Via Email | A+A A- By PTI PURI: Shree Jagannath Temple Administration Thursday said construction work on the chariots of the three deities of Lord Jagannath, his brother Balabhadra, and sister Subhadra, for the annual Rath Yatra in the pilgrim town here is going on as per schedule even as eight carpenters engaged in the task have tested COVID-19 positive. SJTA chief administration Krishan Kumar said of the 88 servitors imvolved in the construction of the chariots, three servitors of Maharana community and five sevayats belonging to the Bhoi community have been infected with the virus, and are undergoing treatment at a facility here. ....