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Majhi govt keeps 1st promise, opens 4 doors of Jagannath temple in Puri
The Morning Standard
|June 14, 2024
A four-year-long demand of Lord Jagannath's devotees for allowing them entry through all four gates of the Jagannath temple at Puri was finally fulfilled on Thursday, within hours of the Mohan Majhi government taking oath in Odisha.
After 'Mangala Alati'-the first ritual of the temple-the four gates of the shrine were opened in the presence of the CM, deputy CMS KV Singh Deo and Pravati Parida, Cabinet ministers, MLAs and Puri MP Sambit Patra.
After offering prayers in the sanctum sanctorum, Vimala and Mahalaxmi temples, they paid their respects at the Mukti Mandapa the high seat of religious scholars in the shrine.
This story is from the June 14, 2024 edition of The Morning Standard.
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