Kangana who had announced about her Srimandir visit was welcomed into the temple premise in the morning at around 5.45 am by Singhari servitor Madhusudan Singhari, who also presented her with a beautiful painting of Lord Jagannath, flag, hruday padaka and bhoga.
"Kangana spent around one hour inside the temple by starting with the darshan of Lord Satyanarayan. She sought blessings from 'Mukti Mandap' later and witnessed the 'Mangala Alati' ritual completely," informed Madhusudan Singhari.
In her reaction to media soon after the visit, Kangana said that she was feeling blessed by paying a visit to the temple.
“Last year I had wished to perform a darshan of Lord Jagannath and His sibling and also prayed for a visit to the temple this year, which came true today. I am feeling blessed. I prayed for the wellbeing of the world community. I also wish the crew members of my upcoming movie ‘Dhakkad’ who helped me to fulfill my wish of coming here,” said Kangana in her reaction after visiting the temple.
Later, she shared a beautiful post on her Twitter handle by mentioning that the Srimandir is a unique place where Lord Krishna is being worshipped along with His siblings.
“We always see Krishna with Radha or Rukmani(Laxmi) but in Puri Jagannath Lord Krishna is placed with his siblings, Balrama n Subhadra(Arjun’s wife, Abhimanyu’s mom) Pulsating with the energy of his heart chakra whole place has a healing and soothing sweetness to it,enchanted,” she Tweeted.
Notably, last year on December 22, the Mani Karnika fame had expressed her wish of visiting Srimandir on his Twitter handle.
Sharing a photo with her mother, Kangana had tweeted, “(Translated) A few years ago, I along with my mother went for a darshan of Kashi Vishwanath. I have darshan of seven ‘Jyotirling’. In 2021, I want to go to Kedarnath and so as to have the darshan of eight ‘Jyotirling’. Next year, I also want to visit Puri Jagannath (temple) and you?”
Kangana will fly back to Mumbai after the visit, says report.