By Our Correspondent
PURI/NAYAGARH: Ahead of 2023 Rath Yatra Festival of Shree Lord Jagannatha in Puri in July, the first lot of logs for the construction of Chariots left Dasapalla of Nayagarh forest division on Saturday after completion of customary puja and rituals .
Following the arrival of the required number of logs at the ‘ratha khala’,sawing of the logs will begin on Ram Navami and construction of chariots will begin on Akshaya Tritiya.
Nayagarh Forest Division Officials said, three trucks carrying 104 pieces of logs from Dasapalla forest under Nayagarh forest division left for ‘Ratha Khala’ (the place where chariots are constructed) on the Grand Road in Puri after a ritual at Mahaveer temple.
