In Puri, President Kovind learns of dad's 1947 trip to shrine

Bhubaneswar | Monday | 19th March, 2018

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BHUBANESWAR: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday was treated to much more than a lesson on the intricate architecture of Puri's Jagannath Temple . "When I was moving around inside the shrine, a purohit (servitor) told me that my father had visited the shrine on October 9, 1947. It is my privilege today to have visited the Jagannath Temple and learnt of its rich tradition of record-keeping," he said. "When my father visited the temple, I was a toddler. "We have been maintaining registers containing signatures of visitors from different states," said the priest..