Tag: Renovation

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has approved the renovation of Kanjia Lake adjacent to Nandankanan Zoological Park on the outskirts of the capital city. Announcing this on the occasion of World Wetlands Day on Thursday, Sisir Kumar Acharya, Director, Nandankanan Zoological Park, said the state government has approved the action plan and sanctioned Rs 44 lakh […]

Bhubaneswar: Officials of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Saturday said the agency aims to complete the grouting work of at least five of the eight damaged pockets of Jagmohan, the hall facing the 12th century shrine, before the Snan Yatra of deities on June 20. Attending a meeting presided over by Puri Gajapati […]

Puri: Repair of Jagmohan, the chamber facing the sanctum sanctorum of Sri Jagannath Temple in Puri, began today. In the preliminary stage, a part of the dilapidated chamber was dug up to 2.5 feet spanning across 3 layers with the help of a drilling machine. The first layer comprised granite while the other two layers […]

Puri: Archaeological expert and former professor of IIT Kargpur AP Gupta, who is also the head of the core committee overseeing the repair and maintenance of Puri Jagannath temple, today said that the repair of Jagmohan chamber of the temple cannot be delayed any further. After carrying out a detailed examination of Jagmohan, which is […]

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has urged the Centre to send its top technical experts to oversee the repair and restoration of the Jagmohan of Shri Jagannath temple in Puri. In a letter to Union Culture minister Mahesh Sharma on Monday, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said the Jagmohan of Shri Jagannath Temple, the holiest shrine in […]

Bhubaneswar: Even as the expert committee is yet to submit its report on Jagmohan, the hall facing the 12th century shrine, officials of the Sri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Friday came up with conflicting versions about its condition. While the SJTA authorities, during a joint meeting here, stressed […]

Puri: The technical team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) began the scaffolding work inside Jagmohan of Shri Jagannath temple here on Thursday. The work was supervised by the chief administrator of Shri Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Suresh Chandra Mohapatra and deputy manager of Idco, Tapan Kumar Panda. Briefing newsmen after visiting the work […]