Servitors engaged in Snana Purnima will be tested for COVID-19

Puri: All servitors engaged in Snana Purnima ritual of Lord Jagannath and his siblings will be tested for COVID-19, Development Administrator of SJTA Ajay Kumar Jena said.

Jena said the dates for collecting their swab samples for COVID-19 will be announced before Snana Purnima. He said that Garabadu Nijog plays a vital role in the Snana Purnima rituals as it helps the Lords to take bath using 108 pots of water.

The development administrator of temple administration said on May 15 members of Daitapati Nijog on COVID-19 were sensitized