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One of the decorative Kasara (brown-coloured) horses of Goddess Subhadra's chariot has suffered serious damage ahead of the annual Rath Yatra in Puri. The sculptors are now racing against time to repair it using alternative materials, sources said on Friday.

According to sources, due to alleged lack of proper maintenance, the front two legs of the Kasara Ghoda (horse) attached to Goddess Subhadra's Darpadalana chariot have broken. With the 9-day sojourn of the Holy Trinity approaching, the Puri Jagannath temple's Rupakar Sevayats (servitors) are now urgently repairing the structure using Phasi wood on a wartime footing. Usually,...