Bhubaneswar, July 10 -- Erstwhile King of Puri, Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, said the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration has renewed its appeal to ISKCON to conduct overseas Jagannath Rath Yatra celebrations in accordance with traditional scriptures and confine them to the prescribed nine-day festival period.

Speaking to ANI on Friday, Deb said scholarly discussions between ISKCON and Jagannath Temple scholars failed to produce a consensus on year-round overseas celebrations, prompting fresh correspondence seeking reconsideration of the practice.

"When the Puri Temple Administration came to know about Rath Yatras being held not only outside India, but also within India, they started writing to the ISKCON headquarters in Mayapur...