The Utkal Sammilani on Sunday alleged that the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) has disrespected the tradition of the Jagannath Temple of Puri and hurt sentiments of 4.5 crore Odia people by recently orgamising an untimely Rath Yatra in Mumbai beyond the schedule of the Shreemandir.
A team led by Sammilani’s Mancheswar Industrial Estate Branch president Dillip Dashsharma submitted a memorandum in this regard to Iskcon, Bhubaneswar president Upendra Mishra Das asking that the Iskcon refrain from holding Rath Yatra in the name of Lord Jagannath at different times other than the scheduled days of the Shreemandir.
Iskcon functionary Bishnu Das, Utkal Sammilani branch advisors Dr Dwarikanath Mohanty and Niranjan Dash, secretary Gobinda Chandra Subudhi, joint secretaries Ashok Palatasingh and Sidhartha Shankar Gadanayak, Prasanna Kumar Rath, Shiba Prashad Mishra, Maheshwar Biswal, Basanti Tripathy and Prakash Kumar Samal participated in the discussion.