Puri, July 19 -- Thousands of devotees gathered at the Gundicha Temple in Puri on Sunday to offer prayers on the fourth day of the nine-day Rath Yatra festival, as authorities put in place elaborate security and crowd management measures to ensure a smooth darshan.

Lord Jagannath, along with Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and the Sudarshan Chakra, is currently at the Gundicha Temple, where devotees have been arriving in large numbers for darshan.

Speaking about the arrangements, Central Range Inspector General of Police (IGP) Satyajit Naik said that security personnel have been deployed across the temple premises to manage the heavy rush of devotees.

"Lord Jagannath, along with Balabhadra, Subhadra, and the Sudarshan Chakra, is current...