Odisha: Puri Erstwhile King Seeks Centre's Intervention After ISKCON Refuses to Reconsider Overseas Rath Yatra

Odisha: Puri Erstwhile King Seeks Centre's Intervention After ISKCON Refuses to Reconsider Overseas Rath Yatra

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Erstwhile King of Puri, Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, said the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration has renewed its appeal to ISKCON to conduct overseas Jagannath Rath Yatra celebrations in accordance with traditional scriptures and confine them to the prescribed nine-day festival period. India News | Odisha: Puri Erstwhile King Seeks Centre's Intervention After ISKCON Refuses to Recons…

Puri King Seeks Centre’s Intervention After ISKCON Rejects Plea On Overseas Rath Yatra Dates

Bhubaneswar: Puri’s titular king Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb said that the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC) will seek the Central government’s intervention after ISKCON rejected the request to hold overseas Rath Yatra celebrations in accordance with the festival calendar of Puri and traditional scriptures. Voicing concern over ISKCON organising Rath Yatra celebrations abroad round the year, Deb said he had personally writt…