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Her passport, visa and other documents were being examined, they said. (Photo: News18)
She was detained for violating the Shree Jagannath Temple Act, 1955 that prohibits entry of non-Hindus into the shrine, police said
A Polish woman was detained on Saturday for allegedly entering the Jagannath Temple in Odisha’s Puri unauthorisedly, police said. She was detained after a servitor spotted her near ‘Baishipahacha’ in the temple and informed the police, they said.
She was detained for violating the Shree Jagannath Temple Act, 1955 that prohibits entry of non-Hindus into the shrine, police said. Her passport, visa and other documents were being examined, they said.
Additional SP Sushil Kumar Mishra said she visited India last year as well.