Idol at entrance of Puri's Jagannath temple damaged by Cyclone Fani

Bhubaneswar | Saturday | 4th May, 2019

Summary:

An idol at the entrance the historic Jagannath Temple in Odisha's Puri was damaged because of Cyclone Fani that made a landfall in the temple town on Friday. According to the temple priests, this is the first time ever that an idol on the temple premises was damaged. While a teenage boy was killed when a tree collapsed on him in Puri, flying debris from a concrete structure left a woman dead in Nayagarh. the idol of one of the 'dwarpals' or gatekeepers was damaged. Special Relief Commissioner B P Sethi said three people were reported dead in different incidents in Puri, Nayagarh and Kendrapara districts..