A 57-year-old devotee died after collapsing while pulling Goddess Subhadra's chariot during the Bahuda Yatra in Puri. Health officials attributed the incident to suspected suffocation amid hot and humid conditions. The Rath Yatra death toll has now risen to three
Puri has strengthened security arrangements for Lord Jagannath's Bahuda Yatra, deploying over 13,000 personnel and more than 400 AI-enabled CCTV cameras. Authorities have focused on scientific crowd management following the deadly crowd surge during the Rath Yatra earlier this month
The Bahuda Yatra, or return leg of Lord Jagannath’s Rath Yatra, began early in Puri with the ceremonial Pahandi ritual. Amid tight security, lakhs of devotees witnessed the deities’ return procession to the main temple after their nine-day stay at Gundicha Temple.
