India, Feb. 21 -- Causing resentment among the devotees, the 'Handi Bhanga Jatra' of Lord Lingaraj could not be held in the Odisha capital here on Saturday.

The ritial remained suspended for the 12th consecutive year due to a dispute between two groups of servitors.

Senior officials of Khurda district administration, led by Collector Amrit Ruturaj, made several rounds of discussions with the two groups of servitors at Lingaraj temple to resolve the dispute.

However, the administration failed to resolve the dispute as both sides-Khuntia and Malia servitors-did not budge from their positions.

On the occasion of Handi Bhanga Jatra, Lord Lingaraj is taken to the nearby Kapileswar temple through a procession apparently to get rid of the e...