The SJTA also decided to increase the penalty for spitting inside the premises by five times to Rs 500, its chief administrator Krishna Kumar said, Financial Express has reported.

Odisha: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), Puri, on Wednesday has decided to completely ban the use of plastic products inside the temple premises. This will be enforced strictly from April 1, as per the senior official of the body.

Moreover the Chief Administrator of SJTA said that the temple administration has decided to increase the penalty for spitting inside the premises by five times to Rs 500.

The decisions were taken after a meeting with ‘Chattisa Nijog’, the apex body of priests of the temple. “Devotees will be provided ‘prasad’ on leaves,” Kumar further added.

Kumar is hopeful that the move will ensure a clean and hygienic environment inside the temple premises of holy Jagannath Temple. The temple administration had in August last year banned the consumption of betel leaves and gutkha inside the premises.

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