Allow Puri Ratha Yatra without public participation: Chief servitor of Lord Jagannatha asks SC
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Janardhan Pattajoshi Mohapatra, who is the hereditary chief servitor of Lord Jagannatha of the Jagannatha Temple at Puri, Odisha, moved the Supreme Court on Friday seeking recall of the top court’s June 18 order which had barred the annual rath yatra. Mohapatra suggested that instead of imposing a blanket ban on the Rath Yatra and the festival and rituals associated with it, the festival can be held without public participation.