NEW DELHI: At the very least 9 servitors of the Jagannath temple have been injured when the idol of Lord Balabhadra by chance fell on them in the course of the Rath Yatra competition in Puri on Tuesday.
The incident occurred when the idol was being transported from the chariot to a temple, an official advised information company PTI.
Siddharth Shankar Swain, the Puri Collector, mentioned that 5 of the 9 injured have been hospitalised, whereas the remaining 4 suffered minor accidents.
The accident came about in the course of the ‘Pahandi’ ritual, which includes bringing the heavy picket idol down from Lord Balabhadra’s chariot to be taken to the Gundicha temple. It was reported that these chargeable for carrying the idol misplaced management of it in the course of the course of.
Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed his concern concerning the incident and instructed Prithiviraj Harichandan, the legislation minister, to go to the location instantly and take mandatory measures.
The Puri Jagannath temple falls underneath the jurisdiction of the state authorities’s legislation division.
The chief minister additionally wished for the speedy restoration of the injured servitors.
Following the mishap, the ritual of the sibling deities – Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra, and Lord Balabhadra – resumed, and all of the idols have been efficiently transported contained in the Gundicha temple.
The deities will stay within the Gundicha Temple till the ‘Bahuda Jatra’ or the return automobile competition, which is scheduled for July 15.
The incident occurred when the idol was being transported from the chariot to a temple, an official advised information company PTI.
Siddharth Shankar Swain, the Puri Collector, mentioned that 5 of the 9 injured have been hospitalised, whereas the remaining 4 suffered minor accidents.
The accident came about in the course of the ‘Pahandi’ ritual, which includes bringing the heavy picket idol down from Lord Balabhadra’s chariot to be taken to the Gundicha temple. It was reported that these chargeable for carrying the idol misplaced management of it in the course of the course of.
Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi expressed his concern concerning the incident and instructed Prithiviraj Harichandan, the legislation minister, to go to the location instantly and take mandatory measures.
The Puri Jagannath temple falls underneath the jurisdiction of the state authorities’s legislation division.
The chief minister additionally wished for the speedy restoration of the injured servitors.
Following the mishap, the ritual of the sibling deities – Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra, and Lord Balabhadra – resumed, and all of the idols have been efficiently transported contained in the Gundicha temple.
The deities will stay within the Gundicha Temple till the ‘Bahuda Jatra’ or the return automobile competition, which is scheduled for July 15.
