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Lingaraj Temple
Lingaraj temple at Bhubaneswar, described as 'The truest fusion of dream & realty' had to stop all the rituals for four hours recently as a 35-year-old Russian tourist entered the temple premises, which is off limits to non-Hindus. The priests even destroyed the 'prasad' worth more than Rs. 50,000 after performing 'purification ceremony', following the foreigner's visit. ''We cleansed the temple as per tradition and dumped the prasad in a well as it was defiled following the unprecedented incident,'' said Abanikant Pattnaik, the executive officer of the temple. Moreover, they also collected money from the tourist as compounding fee for breaking the rules and regulations of the shrine. Similar situations happened in the years 2008 and 2009 as well resulting in chaos and purification rituals.
Lingaraj temple at Bhubaneswar, described as 'The truest fusion of dream & realty' had to stop all the rituals for four hours recently as a 35-year-old Russian tourist entered the temple premises, which is off limits to non-Hindus. The priests even destroyed the 'prasad' worth more than Rs. 50,000 after performing 'purification ceremony', following the foreigner's visit. ''We cleansed the temple as per tradition and dumped the prasad in a well as it was defiled following the unprecedented incident,'' said Abanikant Pattnaik, the executive officer of the temple. Moreover, they also collected money from the tourist as compounding fee for breaking the rules and regulations of the shrine. Similar situations happened in the years 2008 and 2009 as well resulting in chaos and purification rituals.
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