Jagannath society seeks President Murmu's intervention against 'untimely' ISKCON rath yatras
Published on: Feb. 1, 2026, 4:23 a.m. | Source: Daily Excelsior
PURI, Jan 31 : The Jagannath Chetana Gaveshana Pratisthan organisation has decided to submit a memorandum to the President of India, Droupadi Murmu, during her visit to Puri, urging her intervention to prevent the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) from organising the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath on “inauspicious days”, which they alleged is in violation of long-established religious traditions and prescribed rituals. Speaking to the media on Saturday, Naresh Chandra Dash, General Secretary of the Pratisthan, said the […]
