Puri, Nov. 20 -- The three-day Dev Deepawali ritual began at the sacred Jagannath Temple on Thursday morning, drawing devotees and leaders who arrived to witness the revered annual tradition.

BJP MP Sambit Patra visited the Sri Jagannath Temple on the first day of the ritual.

Speaking about the occasion, he highlighted the spiritual depth of the ritual. "Today is Dev Deepawali in Puri Dham. From today onwards, for three days, Mahaprabhu and the other two siblings will wear white attire and perform the 'Shradh' ritual for their ancestors. This is a very big tradition. It shows that the traditions followed by ordinary humans, Mahaprabhu follows them in the same way among humans as a human being and gives the message that I too stand with ...