Puri will remain out of bounds for tourists with the imposition of curfew from 8pm on Sunda BHUBANESWAR: The restrictions forced by the Covid-19 pandemic could not dull the fervour of the Rath Yatra with the deities of the Jagannath temple in Puri set to embark on a nine-day journey to their birthplace, the Gundicha Temple,on Monday marking the beginning of the state’s biggest festival. While the 12th century shrine’s centuries-old rituals have remained unaffected by the pandemic, the buzz of devotees on the Grand Road or Bada Danda, as the locals call it, is missing owing to the ban on ...