Dikhyaa Mohanty 
The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) issued a new standard operating procedure (SOP) for visiting Sri Jagannath Temple for the upcoming month of Kartika which will come into force from October 15.
According to the reports, the Shree Jagannath temple will remain open on October 20 (Kumar Purnima) for darshan. The darshan timings will be from 7 AM to 9 PM on all days except for one day as the temple will remain closed for public Darshan on all Sundays as a measure to contain the spread of Corona Virus disease and in order to sanitize the temple premises.
The report further added that the temple will also remain closed on major festive occasions in order to avoid any spike in the transmission of COVID-19 on account of the large gathering that is anticipated on such festive occasions. The temple will remain closed for the darshan of Lords on October 15 (Dussehra) and from 12 noon onwards on October 16 (Bhasani).
In the month of November, the temple will remain closed for darshan on November 11 (Deepavali), November 15 (Bada Ekadashi) and November 19 (Kartika Purnima).
