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Created: 2025-07-12 14:51:17 UTC

#WATCH | Puri, Odisha | On the controversy around the stopping of the chariots, Erstwhile King of Puri, Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb says, "The Yatra is of nine days. It has rarely ever happened that the Rath reaches the Gundicha temple on the first day. It takes around two days. In the return journey, too, it sometimes takes two days... As per the government directions, if the chariots reach near the temple, then they can be pulled during the night. According to the Skanda Puran, even in the night, the chariots should be pulled using thousands of torches, if needed and make the Rath reach the temple anyhow. There is no restriction on pulling the chariots at night. But for the safety of the devotees and to avoid mishaps, it is not appropriate to pull the chariots at night... It can create a huge challenge for the security forces too..."

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