The Abadha Mahaprasad of Lord Jagannath and His siblings in Puri will soon be prepared using organically cultivated rice, official sources said on Sunday.

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Beginning this Rath Yatra, initially the rice used for Kotha Bhog (temple kitchen offering) and subsequently Abadha Mahaprasad, which is being made available at Ananda Bazaar, will be prepared from organic rice.

Agriculture Department’s Principal Secretary, Arabinda Padhee, announced that from the coming festival, only organic rice will be used for preparing Kotha Bhog and Abadha Mahaprasad inside the Srimandir.

Every day, the 12th-century shrine requires about a quintal of rice for Kotha Bhog, which will now be sourced through the Balabhadra Organic Far

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