Jagannath temple admin urges govt to prioritise vaccines for all sevayats, officers

By Express News Service
PURI: The Shree Jagannatha Temple Administration (SJTA) on Thursday requested the State Government to vaccinate all of the sevayats of the shrine on a precedence foundation.

On the day, the temple was thrown open to all devotees with out in search of Covid unfavorable certificates which earlier was the norm.

In the letter to the Additional Chief Secretary of the Department of Health, SJTA Chief Administrator Dr Krishan Kumar mentioned the devotees are allowed to enter the temple from Thursday with out carrying Covid-19 unfavorable certificates and it’s anticipated that enormous numbers of worshipers will go to the shrine every day after the relaxations.

“The chances of sevayats getting infected by coronavirus cannot be ruled out as they will be coming in close contact with the devotees. For the uninterrupted performance of different nitis of the deities inside the temple, it is suggested that all sevayats and their families be vaccinated on a priority basis,” theletter mentioned.

As extra devotees are anticipated to go to the temple with additional relaxations, SJTA requested vaccination of the sevayats on a precedence foundation apart from the temple officers. There are about 500 temple officers who should even be vaccinated on a precedence foundation, the temple administration mentioned.

The matter of vaccinating sevayats and different temple officers was mentioned within the Chhatisa Nijoga assembly following which it was determined to strategy the Government.

Puri Collector Samarth Verma had just lately mentioned that preparations have been made for easy darshan of no less than 30,000 devotees on daily basis from Thursday. Though there might be no requirement for COVID unfavorable report for the devotees, the coronavirus restrictions might be strictly adopted, he added.