Odisha: Today’s Pic

Gajapati King Dibyasingha Deb performs Chera Panhara ritual

Servitors fix ‘Kalash’ atop a chariot

Fire brigade personnel spray water on the Grand Road to cool it off

Devotees witness the Car Festival from a distance

Servitors undergo thermal screening during the festival

The Surroundings of the chariots being sanitised

Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath being taken on a grand procession to their respective chariots waiting outside Srimandir in Puri

Puri Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati on a chariot

Servitors pull the Nandighosha chariot adhering to social distancing norms

The three chariots reflect in water near Srigundicha Temple