Odisha government decides against opening religious places after 400 priests of Jagannath temple test Covid19 positive
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Amid the growing cases of the novel coronavirus in Odisha, over 400 servitors and officials of the Jagannath temple in Puri have tested positive for the pandemic. Responding to a notice by the Orissa High Court over a PIL, the state government has said that it is not ready to open religious places in the state while adding that the sanctum sanctorum of the Jagannath Temple in Puri does not have enough space.