Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today joined with millions of devotees in the pilgrim city of Puri to witness the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath.
The Chief Minister, who returned from the foreign tour last night, had darshan of the deities on the chariots and prayed for the well-being of the people of the State.
The Chief Minister has also reviewed the progress of the Srimandir Heritage Corridor Project, the ambitious project which aims to transform Puri into a World Heritage City.
With the blessings of Lord Jagannath, the Srimandir Heritage Corridor Project is going on as per the schedule. It will give a special feeling to the countless devotees coming to Puri for darshan of the Trinity in the future, the CM said.