Divine kitchen of Jagannath temple vandalised [ Odisha, India]

[Reported as seen]

43 chulhas (Clay stoves), in the divine kitchen of the 12th century Jagannath temple, were damaged. Temple servitors on Sunday morning found 43 of the 240 earthen chullahs of the temple kitchen vandalised when they returned to the kitchen to cook the Mahaprasad. The kitchen is normally locked at around 10.30 pm every night after preparing food. But this wasn’t done on Saturday night.

The Roshaghara or the kitchen of Puri’s Jagannath temple is the largest and the biggest kitchen in any shrine in the country.

A 30-year-old, was later identified through the CCTV cameras who committed the heinous crime.