Amit Shah offers prayer at Puri Jagannath Temple in Odisha

Puri: Union Home Minister Amit Shah today offered prayer at the Jagannath Temple in Puri during his two-day visit to Odisha.

Accompanied by Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Union MSME Minister Pratap Sarangi, Union Tourism Minister Prahlad Singh Patel and BJP’s Odisha in-charge Arun Singh, Shah entered into the shrine in the morning and worshipped the deities seeking blessings.

After having darshan at Puri Srimandir, he is scheduled to visit the Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar today to pay obeisance to Lord Shiva .

During his two-day tour in Odisha, Shah travelled to the pilgrim town Puri yesterday after attending the Eastern Zonal Council meeting at Mayfair Hotel and addressing a public rally on CAA at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar.

He also had relished Odia cuisine with Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and his cabinet colleague Dharmendra Pradhan at Naveen Niwas.