Kotpad : Today, at the Maa Mauli Temple in Kotpad, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) unit of the Kotpad Assembly Constituency held a prayer ceremony and lit lamps for the speedy recovery of former Chief Minister Shri Naveen Patnaik.
The event took place at the sacred shrine of the presiding deity, Shri Shri Shri Kanak Mani Maa Mauli. It was conducted under the leadership of former minister Padminee Dian and former MLA Chandrashekhar Majhi, along with collective prayers and lamp lighting rituals.
During the ceremony for speedy recovery and lamp lighting, senior BJD leaders of the Kotpad constituency including Narendra Kumhar Swain, Sudhir Mahanti, Tripati Mahanti, Block Vice Chairman Tapan Panigrahi, Ward No. 6 Member Sumitra Bhandarkaria, Ward No. 1 Member Parameswari Behera, Ariba Patel, Shrimanta Panda, Saroj Pattnaik, Bulu Bakshi, Prabhakar Behera, Kunj Bihari Vaidya, and other BJD workers from all panchayats and the NAC were present. Locals also joined in offering prayers at various regional shrines for the speedy recovery of Shri Naveen Patnaik.