Cuttack, Nov 12: The Cuttack district administration has clamped prohibitory orders under section 144 of CrPC at the famous shrine of Lord Dhabaleswar to prevent the gathering of people on the occasion of Amla Nabami.

The administration has imposed sec 144 for eight days from today till Kartik Purnima.

Every year, during the holy month of Kartik, the 16th-century shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva attracts thousands of people from all over.

Anticipating the spread of Covid infection due to congregation of public, the movement of devotees, Habisyalis and Kartik brata observers in and around the temple has been banned.