Rituals, Darshan underway at Puri Srimandir after 12 hours halt

ONI Bureau:  The rituals and darshan of the deities at the Jagannath Temple is underway in a smooth manner today after halted for more than 12 hours following a logjam between administration and servitors yesterday.

While, Pahada ritual was performed at around 3 am, Mangala Alati was held at 6.40 am at the 12th century shrine today.

Lakhs of devotees were allowed to have darshan of the deities this morning who were stranded outside Srimandir since early morning on Friday.