Puri: Servitors in Shree Jagannath temple today performed ‘Maha Snana’ ritual (purification of deities) of Lord Jagannath and his siblings after blood spilled on the floor inside the 12th-century shrine following a fight between a servitor and a temple employee.
The incident took place soon after the Madhyana Dhupa rituals at 3.40 pm when an employee clashed with a servitor over the share of a ‘Pitha Bhoga’ inside the sanctum sanctorum.
The servitor named Babuli Pradhan suffered injuries on the face in the brawl. Both of them exchanged blows in the presence of other servitors.
Public darshan was halted for quite sometime after the incident.
Singhadwar police detained both of them and started questioning them. Till filling of the report, no complaint was lodged by either side.
As per the temple tradition, if blood stains are found in the ‘Garbha Gruha’, Maha Snana’ ritual is performed and the interior of the shrine is cleansed in a ritual.
Devotees are not allowed to enter the shrine till the completion of the rituals.
