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Covid-19: Puri Rath Yatra to be held without devotees for second year in a row
Updated On: 11 June, 2021 12:00 AM IST | New Delhi | ANI
Announcing the decision Odisha Special Relief Commissioner, Pradeep K Jena on Thursday said that the Supreme Court's guidelines, which were issued last year on conducting the Rath Yatra will be followed this year too
The annual Rath Yatra procession in Ahmedabad on June 23, 2020. The Rath yatra was cancelled amid concerns over the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. Photo: AFP
The annual Rath Yatra of Lord Shree Jagannath in Puri will be held this year and servitors who have received vaccine shots and test negative for Covid-19 will be allowed to attend rituals.
This will be the second year in a row when the devotees will not be allowed to attend the celebrations due to second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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