Clouds part devotees revel as deities return

Bhubaneswar | Monday | 23rd July, 2018

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“We successfully managed lakhs of crowd on Rath Yatra and Bahuda Yatra. On July 14, the deities came to Gundicha temple on the occasion of Rath Yatra. Luckily, it did not rain on Bahuda Yatra. We were fortunate to have caught the glimpse of the deities,” said Shatrughna Dey, a devotee from Kolkata.The three deities boarded their respective chariots in scheduled time after completion of a set of rituals inside the Gundicha temple. BHUBANESWAR: Homebound journey or Bahuda Yatra of the deities of Jagannath temple in Puri was smooth on Sunday even as the shadow of Saturday’s devastating rain, subsequent waterlogging and rain forecast for the next day loomed large..