TNN | Apr 1, 2015
BHUBANESWAR: The Jagannath Temple administration's tall claims of foolproof arrangements for Nabakalebara came a cropper as the priests, who are on a barefoot journey to locate the sacred trees for the new idols, were not given any welcome at Balighai, about nine km from Puri on Tuesday.
The priests, who were scheduled to halt at a temporary shelter in Balighai on Puri-Konark marine drive road, expressed strong displeasure when they found not a single person from the temple or district administration. After departing from Jagannath Ballav Mutt around 12.35 am on Monday, the priests reached Balighai at 2.15 am. "The accommodation centre was completely dark. There was nobody to receive us. We were not given water. There was no fan. The arrangement was very poor," said servitor Ramakrushna Dasmohapatra.
Temple officials said the inconvenience happened because the priests reached the venue much before their scheduled arrival. "The Daitapati servitors were scheduled to reach early in the morning on Tuesday. We had no idea that they would reach before that. Our staff went to the place immediately after learning about the arrival of priests," said a temple officer.
On Tuesday evening, the priests marched towards Ramachandi, about 14 km from Balighai, where they would halt at a temporary accommodation on Tuesday night.
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