Odisha: Puri Temple Government to urge worshipers to donate gold

Bhubaneswar: Administration Temple Shree Jagannath (SJTA) will soon be attractive to worshipers to contribute as many gold as possible to the 12th century Temple so that it can make new ornaments made for the gods.
“We discussed this issue in a meeting of the new managing committee formed on Thursday.
Warners will be encouraged to donate gold.
We also explore the possibility of receiving gold bonds.
Instead of contributing gold physically into the temple, they can do bonds Jagannath Temple Administration Name, “said Member of the Temple Managing Committee to TI.
Old ornaments, which are used to decorate gods during Besha’s Suna Ritual (Golden Attire) from the Rath Yarra Festival, have lost sheen and need urgent improvement.
Their poor condition was revealed during Suna Besha on July 21 when a broken gold crown was seen on the head of Lord Jagannath.
Jagannath Temple has around 128 kg of gold and 221kg silver, according to the inventory made from May 13, 1978 to July 23 that year.
While worshipers sometimes donate gold and silver to the temple, their exact number at the Bhandar Temple (Treasury) is unknown.
On February 16 this year, a worshiper has contributed nearly 4.9 kg of gold ornaments worth more than Rs 2.3 Crore to the temple on the opportunity for Puja Saraswati.
This might be the biggest gold donation in the past two decades.
The temple administration said the planned contribution was ambitious to support income had been postponed due to covid pandemics.
Recently set a target to increase corpus funds from RS 650 Crore today to Rs 1,000 Crore in 2023 Rath Yatra (June or July).
Furthermore, said the effort was carried out to create more sources of income for the temple in the middle of reduced income due to a pandemic.
“We are working on a big plan to encourage worshipers to donate to the temple.
The donation box will be installed at the airport, the train station, educational institutions and companies,” said a temple official.