COVID-19: Supreme Court allows to conduct Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra in Puri

Supreme Court has allowed Lord Jagannath Rath Yatra to be conducted in Puri, Odisha with certain restrictions. The apex court on Monday said, Puri rath yatra will be held with coordination of Temple committee, State and central Govt without compromising with health issue.

Supreme Court also said that the Odisha can even stop the yatra or festivities if they feel it is going out of hand.

Also Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik will chair a Rath Yatra preparatory meeting at 5 pm today in Bhubaneswar. 

The apex court had on June 18 stayed the annual Rath Yatra across Odisha, which was scheduled to begin on June 23, in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

However, a petition was filed in the apex court on June 19 to partial modification to the order to allow the religious event in Puri only amid a complete shutdown in the pilgrim town.