The Doordarshan Kendra, Bhubaneswar will go for live telecasts of the Rath Yatra on July 10, the Bahuda Yatra on July 18 and Suna Besha at Puri on July 19 in a big way.
The Doordarshan will have 11 cameras set up for the live coverage of the Rath Yatra from Bada Danda from 8 am till the dragging of the chariots on DD-Odia (Regional Service) and from 9 am onwards on the National Network.
Doordarshan Kendra Deputy Director General (Programme) Jayanti Manjari Rath also told a Press conference here on Monday that commentaries would be in Hindi, English and Sanskrit for the national telecast and in Odia for the regional telecast. The Doordarshan Directorate has made arrangements to carry the live telecast of the Rath Yatra on DD-Bharati and DD-India for satellite viewers of the country and abroad. A curtain raiser on the Car Festival in Hindi was telecast on National Network on July 8 at 11 am. In Odia, it will be telecast on July 9 at 7.30 am and 5.30 pm.