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In a startling claim, Puri Jagannath Temple's senior servitor and the Lord's Badagrahi, Jagannath Swain Mohapatra, also known as Jaguni, claimed on Tuesday that 70 modaks kept to be offered to the deity are indeed missing.
Swain Mohapatra urged the Odisha government to verify the theft using CCTV footage and conduct a proper investigation.
The ongoing controversy over the alleged theft of modaks at Puri Jagannath Temple took a serious turn today, as Badagrahi Jagannath Swain Mohapatra confirmed the incident was true. He claimed that around 70 modaks are missing and that the identity of the person(s) responsible might be 'certai...