Hearing a batch of petitioners seeking the Supreme Court's intervention in the Odisha government's order, the apex court said it would not interfere with Odisha government order limiting this year's Rath Yatra to the Puri Jagannath Temple only.
"The lands, which are occupied or are under the possession of various persons since long but belongs to Shree Jagannatha Mahaprabhu; are being settled by Temple Committee as per the “Unified Policy”, framed for the purpose in the year 2003," the Temple administration stated.
Activist Anil Biswal has lodged a complaint against controversial writer Devdutt Pattanaik in the Capital Police Station in Odisha's Bhubaneshwar for putting out false and derogatory tweets against Lord Jagannath Temple of Puri.