Puri, July 23 -- Devotees gathered at Adapa Mandapa in Puri on Thursday for this year's final darshan of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Maa Subhadra ahead of the Bahuda Yatra scheduled for July 24, with Odisha Police putting in place multi-level security arrangements.

Speaking to ANI, Central Range Inspector General of Police (IGP) Satyajit Naik said multi-layer security arrangements had been made to ensure the smooth conduct of darshan and crowd regulation.

"Police has ensured multi-layer security arrangements as today is the last darshan of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Maa Subhadra at Adapa Mandapa, which is evening darshan. There is a huge crowd of devotees," Naik said.

He said darshan commenced at 6 am and the Sandhya D...