TNI Bureau: The untimely Ratha Jatra in Sikar, Rajasthan has been stopped after the Sikar District Magistrate issued orders to halt the procession. The Ratha Jatra was scheduled to be held in Sikar on July 10.

The decision came a day after the Puri District CThe untimely Ratha Jatra in Sikar, Rajasthan has been stopped after the Sikar District Magistrate issued orders to halt the procession.ollector wrote a letter requesting that the Ratha Jatra be stopped.

In the letter, Puri Collector urged that the festival be observed only as per the traditional tithi and customs followed in Puri.

Following this, the Sikar Tehsildar also requested the Khatu Shyam Temple Committee to stop the Ratha Jatra. They appealed to organizers to adhere to the rituals and calendar observed in Puri, the abode of Lord Jagannatha.