Covid Scare: SJTA Urges Odisha Govt For Early Vaccination Of Puri Srimandir Servitors

Puri: As the doorways of Puri Srimandir Thursday had been thrown open for all devotees sans a COVID unfavorable report, the Shree Jagannatha Temple Administration (SJTA) has written to the State Health division requesting to launch a particular vaccination drive for servitors and different officers of the Twelfth-century shrine.
Now that the Covid unfavorable report for darshan of the Lords is just not necessary and with a chance of a surge in footfall of devotees, the SJTA talked about within the letter that servitors are extra susceptible to getting uncovered to the coronavirus an infection.
In view of this, the chief administrator of the temple has urged Odisha well being division to contemplate the inclusion of Srimandir servitors and their relations for inoculation on a precedence foundation, in order that every day rituals on the temple don’t get affected. This aside, SJTA has urged the well being division to additionally vaccinate round 500 temple officers who run the chance of contracting the virus throughout this era.
“Puri Jagannath Temple has been opened for the general public without insisting upon any Covid-19 negative certificate. It is expected that a large number of devotees will be visiting daily. The chances of the Sevayats getting infected with the virus cannot be ruled out as they will be coming in close contact of the devotees. For uninterrupted performance of different Nitis of the Lords inside the temple, it is suggested that all Sevayats and their families may please be vaccinated on a priority basis. Further, there are 500 temple officials who may also be vaccinated on priority,” SJTA acknowledged.
The choice to hunt the intervention of the State authorities on this regard was taken after the matter was mentioned within the Chhatisa Nijog assembly.
The Puri district administration, police and SJTA are working collectively to make sure the protection of pilgrims whereas obligatory preparations have been made for clean darshan of the Trinity.
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