Puri (Odisha), June 27, 2025 (ANI): Odisha Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Pujari wished prosperity to devotees on the occasion of Jagannath Rath Yatra. "This is a proud privilege for all of us. Lord Jagannath is the only deity who comes out of the temple to give Darshana to his devotees... They have already left the 'Ratna Sinhasan'... The blessings of Lord Jagannath will help us to perform better... In the last year, my department has tackled all natural calamities without any human casualties", he said in a statement.
00:00This is a proud privilege for all of us, and in Sanatana Dharma, Lord Jagannathji is the only deity who used to come out of the temple to give darshan to the likes of his devotees.
00:20I am also one such devotee, and naturally a proud privilege to have the darshan of Lord Jagannath, Lord Badaabhadra, even Matasubhadra.
00:35So, they have already left Ratna Shinghasana, and have started coming to the Bada Danda to give darshan and blessings, not only to the devotees who are present here, but also to the entire mankind.
00:54I hope the blessing of Lord Jagannath will help us to perform better.
01:12Last one year also, with the blessing of Lord Jagannath, my department particularly succeeded in facing and tackling all the natural disasters successfully.
01:24Without any human casualty.
01:27This time also, as because Odisha is a vulnerable state, where natural calamity is a day-to-day phenomenon, I naturally will seek blessing of Lord Jagannath to bless me, to bless my department, to bless the government and the people of Odisha to face any such situation of natural disaster that will come to Odisha.
