The world-renowned Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri has introduced a dress code into impact from the brand new 12 months banning the entry of individuals sporting half-pants, ripped jeans, skirts sleeveless attire and half-pants, temple authorities stated.
The devotees can be required to put on ‘respectable garments’, that are not revealing to enter the temple, they additional stated. After the brand new rule got here Into impact, males have been seen sporting dhotis and gamchas, whereas ladies caught to sporting sarees and salwar kameez.
The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) has requested lodges to make folks conscious of the dress code as a lot of the devotees come to the temple from there, officers stated. The SJTA additionally elevated its vigil on chewing gutkha and pan contained in the temple, moreover the usage of plastic baggage, which have been banned, they stated.
The doorways of the temple reopened for devotees as early as 1.40 am to deal with the push on New Year’s Day, and until 5 pm, about 3.5 lakh folks visited the shrine, the SJTA stated. Elaborate preparations have been made to make sure that no untoward incident happen on the temple, which is the house to the sibling deities of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra.
The air-conditioned tensile material construction that has been constructed outdoors the temple was made practical within the morning. Facilities reminiscent of ingesting water and public bogs have been made accessible on the construction, and it has additionally been geared up with CCTV cameras and public announcement programs. Sitting preparations have additionally been supplied in it.
Police stated that the variety of devotees visiting the temple on New Year’s Day this time was double as in comparison with final 12 months. The added enthusiasm was as a result of the folks needed to expertise the revamped surrounding of the temple as a result of heritage hall venture, which is nearly full, and can be inaugurated on January 17, SJTA chief administrator Ranjan Das had stated on Sunday.
Traffic restrictions have additionally been imposed within the city. The space between Market Chakka to Singhadwara (foremost gate) on Badadanda has been declared a ‘no automobile zone’, whereas automobiles have been banned on the beachside street from Digabareni to the lighthouse, officers stated. Consumption of pan and tobacco merchandise has additionally been banned contained in the Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar.
(With inputs from PTI)
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