Puri: The third phase of log for rath yatra has reached Puri 25 pieces have arrived in Badadanda. In the second phase the log was from Nayagarh Division.
Of these logs for rath yatra, 23 are Asan and 2 are Dhura wood.
A total of 865 pieces of wood are required for this year’s Rath Yatra, while 53 pieces of wood are left over from last year. However, 33 pieces of wood have been sent to Cuttack in Ram Navami. Till now, 127 pieces of rath wood have arrived in two phases.
According to tradition, the first logs should arrive at Puri for construction of chariots for Ratha Yatra before Saraswati Puja. It is worth mentioning here that Rath Yatra is scheduled to take place on July 7, 2024.
Further it is worth mentioning that, devotees will be allowed to enter the Shree Gundicha temple from the Rath Yatra 2024, informed chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in November, 2023.
While speaking to the reporters after a meeting in this regard with the concerned officials, Das said that the Shree Gundicha Temple’s developmental work will begin soon and it is most likely to take five to six months to complete.
Developmental work at the Shree Gundicha Temple includes the kitchen of the temple, the place where vegetables are cut, the place where people have Prasad and the path on which deities are taken in pahandi, he added.
