A Division Bench adjudicating the writ petition, which sought for direction to the temple authorities to take steps to revive Danadhyakshya Seva, ordered in this regard.
The state government has already taken initiative to renovate and beautify the Mahesh Jagannath temple with a main purpose to preserve the ancient heritage and tradition and develop it into a major tourist spot.
The state chief minister Mamata Banerjee has taken a special initiative towards upgrading the Mahesh Jagannath temple into a tourism spot.
At a time when the construction of the proposed Jagannath temple in Digha is almost complete and which could be opened this year, Leader of Opposition in the West Bengal Assembly
Minister of State for Home Department Harsh Sanghvi and Minister of State for Industries Department Jagdish Vishwakarma also participated in this ceremony.
Puri Gajapati Maharaja and chairman of the temple managing committee, Dibyasingha Deb elaborated on the mega Parikrama project around the Puri Jagannath Temple at a video conference of non-resident Odias and sought their cooperation.
On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the ‘Rath Yatra’ to be conducted in Odisha’s Puri amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, but with certain restrictions.
On Monday, the Supreme Court allowed the ‘Rath Yatra’ to be conducted in Odisha’s Puri amidst the Coronavirus pandemic, but with certain restrictions.
Demands by many Hindu outfits to hold the Rath Yatra on June 23 had gone viral on the social media.
The court also shared the view that use of elephants or machines to pull the chariots can be considered. Significantly, the matter is now gone to the Supreme Court which is likely to hear it on Friday.
