The world-famous Rath Yatra will be held without devotees on July 12. Everyone involved in the rituals, will have to undergo RT-PCR tests or complete two doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Devotees will not be allowed for all temple events amid fears of triggering the spread of coronavirus. Only servitors and temple officials will take part in the rituals. Nobody would be allowed to gather on the Grand Road near the Temple. Prohibitory order under Section 144 of CrPC will be imposed around the temple on Snan Yatra, the bathing festival of the deities of The trinity Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra, and Devi Subhadra, Puri district magistrate-cum collector Samarth Verma said. Jagannath temple would be open for a public visit on July 25.
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