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Odisha: Visuals of Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan at Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra. pic.twitter.com/p2rvyODlQF& mdash; ANI (@ANI) July 14, 2018PURI: Braving incessant rain, thousands have descended on the temple town of Puri for the annual Rath Yatra . The curtains will come down on the Rath Yatra on July 25, with the entry of the sibling deities into the sanctum sanctorum, marking the Niladri Bije festival. The nine-day festival, which commences on Saturday, comes in the backdrop of a series of controversies surrounding the Jagannath Temple's functioning. As per the June 8 order of the Supreme Court, we will not allow servitors to collect dakshina from devotees..