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Time of India
16 hours ago
- Time of India
Puri police plan security upgrade for Debasnan Purnima
Puri: Anticipating massive influx of devotees and tourists during Debasnan Purnima on June 11, Puri police is making elaborate security and crowd management arrangements while it has also come out with a detailed traffic advisory. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Special arrangements have been made for four-wheelers, two-wheelers, and three-wheelers coming from different entry points to Puri. Puri SP Vinit Agrawal said security will be tightened across the city, especially around the Jagannath Temple. Inside the shrine, one SP or commandant-rank officer, six additional SPs, 13 DSPs, 27 inspectors, 105 sub-inspectors, 122 constables and 84 home guards will be deployed. Additionally, 34 platoons of police force will be stationed within the temple premises. Outside the temple, for crowd control, two SPs or commandants, five additional SPs, eight DSPs, 26 inspectors, 109 SIs or ASIs, 49 constables and 50 home guards will be deployed. They will be supported by 24 platoons and one section of police
Time of India
12-05-2025
- Time of India
Question raised over timing of Puri temple servitor's suspension
Bhubaneswar: Puri shrine administration's 30-day suspension of Daitapati servitor Ramakrushna Dasmohapatra over his alleged role in the Digha temple naming controversy has given rise to heartburn. The suspension, from May 11 to June 10, overlaps only briefly with the servitor's annual service period — June 9 to July 8 — effectively restricting him from just two days of active duty. "The suspension timeline makes no sense as Daitapati servitors do not have any assigned service to the deities during this period. Their annual seva begins with Debasnan Purnima, followed by Rath Yatra and Niladri Bije. This year, Debasnan Purnima falls on June 11, while Dasmohapatra's suspension ends on June 10," said Bibhuti Bhusan, a devotee from Puri."The servitor should have been suspended till the end of Rath Yatra, during which Daitapati servitors offer seva," wrote Ramanath Mishra on X. While Dasmohapatra could not be reached for his comment, SJTA officials defended their decision. "The servitor has been barred from entering the temple during the month-long suspension. He cannot perform his seva inside the temple on June 9 (Daitapati Prabesh) and June 10 (Senapata Lagi)," a senior SJTA official said. Some servitors supported the action. "Any harsher punishment would not have been appropriate," said Hajuri Ramakrushna Khuntia, a temple servitor.
