Bhubaneswar: A day after a sudden surge of devotees led to a chaotic situation, Additional Director General (ADG) of Police Soumendra Priyadarshi on Monday reviewed the security arrangements at Shree Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri.

The ADG inspected the darshan system inside the 12th-century shrine along with Puri SP Prateek Singh and other senior police officers as the pilgrim city continued to witness heavy footfall of devotees for darshan of the sibling deities in Trivikram Besha on the second day of Panchuka. ADVERTISEMENT

About 2 lakh devotees thronged Puri on the first day of ‘Panchuka’, a five-day ritual to mark the culmination of the holy month of Kartika, coinciding with Sunday. A chaotic scene erupted when some devotees attempted to enter the temple at the northe

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