The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Thursday announced to close down Darshan of the Trinity in the shrine from Friday till March 31.
SJTA Chief Administrator Krishan Kumar announced the decision in view of the coronavirus (COVID-19) threat.
Kumar said that keeping in view the peoples’ health aspects, the daily Darshan would be stopped in the temple.
However, the servitors would be allowed into the shrine for conducting rituals of the deities. But they would take all precautions while handling the rituals keeping the COVID-19 in view.
A local assessment was made by the SJTA before the decision was taken in this regard, said Kumar.
Senior servitor Binayak Das Mahapatra lauded the SJTA’s decision in view of public health.
Notably, several other major temples like Mata Vaishno Devi and Sirdi Sai Baba have already been kept out of bounds for devotees.