Bhubaneswar: almost two years after the state government announced to establish Guruku Adarsh, the school for the children of the Jagannath temple in Puri, the temple government had planned to make the functional institute from the next academic year.
The new Temple Managing Committee was formed on Thursday decided to form a community of Gurukuk Adarsh Shree Mandir, who would manage Guruku Adarsh.
The Chair of the Managing Committee, Gajapati Dibyedha Deb, has been named as President of the Proposed Gurukul Society.
“We have identified 17 hectares of land in Matitota in Puri.
As announced by the Head of Minister of Naveen Patnaik, the government will spend around RS 20 Crore to build Gurukuk Adarsh under the augmentation of basic facilities and the development of legacy and architecture schemes (ARI AUTEHAHA).
Will keep Gurukul.
Gurukul Shree Mandir funds will be made to run school.
The community will choose and sign the MoU with a non-profit organization to run school, “said Chief Administrator Krisar Kumar.
The source said the sub-committee was based on completing project modalities.
Gurukul Adarsh’s education is free likely to follow the CBSE pattern to class XII.
The students will also be trained in the traditional Puja Seva and the Temple ritual.
In a separate development, the Temple Managing Committee on Thursday placed a residential scheme proposed for poor waiters on the fast track.
“We have decided to provide a house of up to 400 poor waiter families in the first phase.
Housing schemes will be developed at eight hectares of land in Puri.
Every family will be given a plot of 600 square feet and RS 2 Lakh assistance towards building costs at first.
The government will develop infrastructure General like roads, electricity, sewerage connections and water supply, “Kumar said.
The family number exam that will be included in the housing scheme will be resolved after overall supervision.
The Managing Committee also approved a proposal to contribute wheels and other components from the free train for various temples, organizations and government offices.
The train wheels were used to be sold to worshipers after the end of Rath Yatra every year.