Around 30 thousand devotees witnessed the Sunavesha of lord Jagannath at Dhenkanal on Tuesday.The Sunavesha was open for devotee’s darshan from 7 pm to 11.30 pm. lord Jagannath was decorated with crown, hands, feet, chest guard, sankha, chakra, padma and gada, all made of gold.
A tight security arrangement along with traffic management was made for smooth darshan of gold adornment of the lord. Devotees were not allowed to climb the chariot.Dhenkanal Sadar Sub-Collector Anil Kumar Pattnaik, who is in charge of the Debottar, received gold ornaments from the Government treasury at about 5 pm on Tuesday and took them to the chariot with police escort. The cost of the gold ornaments at present price is assessed to be more than Rs 1.5 crore.A Jagannath Bhajan Samaroh was organised by noted singer from Mumbai Anil Bwara on the occasion.