Bhubaneswar, June 15 -- https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_0/recent_photo_1721284628.jpg
Puri Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, the first servitor of Lord Jagannath, has written to the Chairman of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission Govardhan Das Prabhu, urging strict adherence to scripturally approved dates for the observance of Snana Yatra and Rath Yatra across ISKCON centers worldwide.
The letter has also been emailed to ISKCON's global headquarters in Mayapur.
The appeal comes amid concerns that many ISKCON temples and centers outside India are reportedly celebrating these sacred festivals of Lord Jagannath on dates not aligned with the traditional Hindu calendar, thereby violating Vedic and temple scriptural in...