Bhubaneswar, July 10 -- The Puri Srimandir Administration has strongly objected to the proposed out-of-season Rath Yatra scheduled to be held in Rajasthan on Friday and has urged the district administration there to stop the event.

The move came after reports published in newspapers and circulated on social media claimed that an untimely Rath Yatra was being organised by Vishwa Sanatan Dharma Seva Sansthan and Shri Khatu Shyam Mandal in Rajasthan's Sikar district.

Acting on the information, Puri Collector and Deputy Chief Administrator of the Srimandir Administration, Dibyajyoti Parida, wrote to Sikar District Collector Ashish Modi, requesting him to prevent the proposed Rath Yatra from being held on a date other than the one observed a...