Puri district Administration has come out with a standard operating procedure (SOP) to ensure smooth entry of devotees into Sri Jagannath temple for darshan.
- Only the residents of Puri will be allowed darshan of the holy trinity for eight days after the temple reopens.
- Devotees in 32 wards of Puri municipality would be given tokens by Swachh Sathis.
- The sanitary workers would embark on a door-to door visit and prepare a list of devotees in each ward.
- Each day, devotees from four wards would be allowed entry into the temple.
- Devotees over 65 years of age would be discouraged from having darshan from having darshan of the deities.
- The devotees would enter through Simhadwar and exit through any of the other three gates.
- All the devotees have to obtain COVID-19 negative certificate issued within 48 hours by the administration prior to their temple entry.
- No offering of flower, Tulsi and other items would be allowed inside.
- Devotees would go through the barricades raised along the Badadanda from Marichikot Chowk in nine queues in adherence to the social distance norms and wearing a face mask.
- Devotees need to sanitise their hands at the temple gate before entering the temple.
- The number of devotees seeking entry into the Srimandir would be increased from January 3.
