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Jagannath temple’s new website launched

Law and Industries Minister Biswabhusan Harichandan making an offering in the ‘Hundi’ in Bhubaneswar on Sunday.

BHUBANESWAR: With selling of land belonging to the Jagannath temple of Puri high on agenda, the administration is trying to reach the Rs. 100-crore corpus fund by the end of this fiscal.

Presenting a detailed account of income of the Jagannath Temple Administration (JTA) here on Sunday, Chief Administrator Suresh Mohapatra said the corpus fund of the temple touched the Rs.87.19-crore mark.

“Compared to the first half year of last fiscal, we have achieved a growth of 437 per cent in generating funds through selling of the Jagannath temple land,” he said.

The temple also received Rs. 7.46 lakhs through different bank ATM counters since April this year, Mr. Mohapatra informed.

The JTA on Sunday launched the redesigned website of the Jagannath temple in which the world famous car festival had been webcast.

Donations can also be received through internet through the new website, www.jagannath.nic.in.

State Law and Industry Minister Biswa Bhushan Harichandan, along with Information and Public Relation Minister Debasish Nayak, also inaugurated a ‘Hundi’ (donation box) here.

Mr. Mohapatra said the JTA was in the process of opening the Jagannath temple information centre in every district headquarters town while work was already at an advanced stage in seven districts.

Moreover, servitors, who had earned bad reputation for dealing roughly with devotees, were taken on a visit to several temples of South India.

“The experience gained by the servitors will help in a big way. They have got to know about different rituals as well as systems in various temples,” the chief administrator said.

He said the JTA had identified different places in the State where Lord Jagannath stayed for a brief period and these places would be developed into tourist places.

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