India, July 8 -- The Gajapati Maharaja and chairman of Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC), Dibyasingha Deb, has written to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking their intervention to stop ISKCON from holding untimely 'Snan Yatra' and Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath across the globe by deviating from the age-old tradition and hurting the religious sentiments of millions of devotees. Deb, the titular king of Puri, said, "Despite several requests, ISKCON have been deviating from the norms in sacred scriptures and century-old tradition while conducting festivals of Lord Jagannath."

The Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC) is the highest policy-making body of the 12th-century shrine in Odis...