By Our Correspondent
PURI:On February 28, due to the unseemly behavior and actions of some servants, the temple’s services were delayed by about four hours. As a result, devotees and devotees faced inconvenience and were deprived of receiving Mahaprasad at the scheduled time. There were also complaints of disrespectful behavior towards the officers and employees of the temple administration during the incident.
In this incident, the chief administrator of the temple, Dr. Arvind Padhi, sought an explanation from the Khuntia servant *Shri Ramakrishna Khuntia* and two other servants *Shri Madhav Khuntia (@Haati)* and **Shri Madhusudan Khuntia* * *(@Shandhi)*.
After hearing the replies of the concerned servants and the side of the administrative officers and employees, Shri Ramakrishna Khuntia has been suspended for three months. During this period, he will not be able to participate in any service or worship of the temple. If during the suspension period, he is involved in any act such as tempting or threatening any servant or person or obstructing the service or worship of the temple, then the suspension period will be extended and strict disciplinary action will be taken by revoking the shaadibandha order, the Chief Administrator clarified in his order.
Two other servants, Shri Madhav Khuntia and Shri Madhusudan Khuntia, were conditionally pardoned, but were warned that strict disciplinary action would be taken if such behavior was repeated in the future.
The Chief Administrator said that it is unfortunate that the rituals of the temple are being performed smoothly with the timely cooperation and good coordination of most of the servants, but the disorderly behavior of some servants has disrupted the rituals. He clarified that any kind of disorder will not be tolerated in the temple.
