Overview
- The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration has suspended public darshan for roughly 15 hours to prepare for Snan/Devasnana Purnima on June 29 so priests can perform the ceremonial bathing of the deities.
- Odisha Police finalised a six-point security plan that includes about 79 platoons, Quick Action Teams, sniffer dogs, rooftop surveillance, Integrated Command and Control Centre monitoring and marine security.
- Officials expect roughly three to four lakh devotees for the Snan Purnima event and have planned one-way pedestrian flows, traffic diversions, designated parking zones and on-site help desks and medical centres to reduce congestion.
- Work on the three wooden chariots began on Akshaya Tritiya following hereditary rituals, and organisers say the Rath Yatra will follow in mid-July as teams continue finalising crowd and emergency arrangements.
- After the bathing ritual the deities enter a roughly 14–15 day Anasara seclusion when only temple servitors and physicians attend them, a pause that both drives the Snan Purnima rush and requires sustained multiagency coordination to protect pilgrims and local services.