"We will implement the decision of the state government on the issue. However, we want cooperation and support of all stake holders," Jagannath Temple's chief administrator Arabinda Padhee said today.
While Puri Shankaracharya Nischalananda Saraswati, Puri's Gajapati King Divyasingha Deb, Mukti Mandap Sabha (the highest decision making body of the temple) and pundits of different sects and matts have yesterday suggested a ban on the climbing on the chariots and touching the Lord during the car festival.
Puri King Gajapati King Divyasingha Deb, who headed the committee, described that climbing atop chariots and touching the Lord as 'sin' as per the Hindu scriptures.
However, the 'Daitapati Nijog', an association of priests who play significant role during the Rath Yatra, have strongly opposed the Shankaracharya's view.
"We feel that there is a conspiracy to deprive people of Odisha from their genuine religious rights. There is a bid to create indiscipline in the conduct of the Rath Yatra," a senior Daitapati leader Jagannath Swain Mohapatra said.