Puri: Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb on Tuesday once again urged the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) to follow scriptural dates for Ratha Yatra and refrain from holding untimely celebration.

In a fresh letter to Govardhana Das, Chairman of ISKCON Governing Body Commission, Shree Mayapur (West Bengal), Dibyasingha Deb said that the celebration of Ratha Yatra by ISKCON in various countries outside India in contravention of sacred scriptures and tradition is deeply hurting the religious sentiments and causing severe discontent among devotees of the Lord around the world. ADVERTISEMENT

Notably, the Puri King had on September 6 informed Das of the final decision of Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC), Puri that ISKCON Temples in various countries aro

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