Jagannath Yatra is a festival for devotees of Lord Jagannath. Only three days left for the Jagannath yatra, police forces, including senior officials, on Wednesday reached Puri. They will remain in the town till the end of rath yatra.

All the required arrangements have been made for the state's biggest festival. The CCTVs have been installed at all strategic places. The entire shrine is under CCTV cover. With God's blessings, we are hopeful of holding the rath yatra smoothly.

R.P. Sharma, the director general of police on Wednesday briefed the police on how to coordinate the security matters. They have been told to be gentle in their behavior with the devotees and not to use force on them.

Around 140 platoons of state armed police will be deployed. About 1,000 officers will also be on duty for rath yatra. Senior officials will monitor the movement of traffic through CCTV. National Security Guard (NSG), CRPF, Rapid Action Force and other elite forces and the intelligence bureau will also be deployed for the rath yatra.

On Wednesday a meeting is held by the temple administration's subcommittee under the chairmanship of the scion of the erstwhile royal family of Puri, Gajapati Dibya Singh Deb, on how to recover the land belonging to the Puri Shankaracharya's mutt. Most of the lands have encroached.

A delegation of servitors took Khali (a traditional form of white color) to be used in the deities ahead of banaklagi (the coloring of Lord Jagannath) on Thursday.

The servitors on Wednesday also started installing the crown or Kalash atop the chariots.

All the preparations have been made, only the final touch is left. The grand festival of colors, religion, culture, devotion, and spirituality is just 3 days away. The devotees already started reaching puri to take the glimpse of the Lord Jagannath.

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