Cuttack jewellers to mend lords' Ratna Chitas

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The worn out precious stone studded forehead ornaments (Ratna Chitas) of the deities would be repaired and re-fixed by experienced jewelers of Cuttack, informed the Jagannath temple PRODiamond, ruby and emerald studded on gold ornaments have worn out and loosened from their base as these were used for a long period. Earlier, the temple managing body had passed a resolution to conduct repairs.On June 29, expert jewelers from Cuttack would carry out repair works amid tight security at Navikata Mandap inside the temple premises.Temple chief administrator Suresh Chandra Mahapatra has also called a meeting on June 29 of the Chhatisha Nijog (confederation of all servitor bodies of the temple) to streamline the nitees of the deities in the temple for the July 18 annual Rath Yatra.

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