Bhubaneswar: Union Home Minister Amit Shah offered prayers here on Saturday at the Jagannath Temple in Puri and in the Lingaraj Temple.In the morning, the minister visited the 12th-century shrine in Puri, accompanied by Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan, Pratap Sarangi, and Prahlad Singh Patel, as well as other senior BJP state leaders, and paid homage to the presiding deities. "It is always special to be in Puri. Took the blessings of Mahaprabhu Jagannath," tweeted Shah, who visited the shrine for the first time after becoming the Home Minister.