Devotees were restricted this year too to have a glimpse of the Trinity at the Snan Mandap (bathing altar) from outside the Baladevjew temple as the district administration clamped Section 144 CrPC outside the temple premises and Rath Danda from 7 pm on Wednesday till 6 am of June 26.
Sub-Collector Niranjan Behera, on Wednesday promulgated Section 144 CrPC with an aim to restrain general public from congregating in and around a radius of 500 meters of the Baladevjew temple and the whole patch of Ratha Danda at Ichhapur.
According to Behera, the measure was taken to prevent gathering of people in the ongoing Covid pandemic time and spread of infection.