Puri: Sankaracharya Neeschalananda Saraswati, the acharya of Puri Gobardhan peeth, on Monday evening performed 16th annual Mahodadhi aarti amid covid restriction.
BJP leader Sadhvi Uma Bharti Gajapati Dibyasingh Deb, Congress leader Suresh Routray MLA, Prajnananda Maharaj and scores of Sadhus and Mahantas of mutts participated in the Mahodadhi aarti on sea beach.
The administration has allowed only one hundred persons for the occasion because of restrictions imposed to contain covid pandemic. (UNI)