Chief Minister Inaugurates Parikrama Project

Puri Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today inaugurated the 800- crore heritage corridor project, which aims at providing improved amenities for pilgrims around the historic Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri. The Sri mandir Parikrama Prakalpa was officially unveiled by Mr Patnaik in presence of Gajapati Maharaja of Puri Divyasingha Deb and representatives of about 90 temples, including the Pashupatinath Temple in Nepal, Mahakal Temple in Ujjain, Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Kashi, Jagannath
temples in Dubai, Australia and UK, and thousands of devotees. “The project has been possible due to the blessings of Lord
Jagannath,” the Chief Minister said. It includes parking areas, a new bridge and a road to ease pilgrim movement, a pilgrimage centre, restroom facilities, cloakrooms, toilets and other amenities for devotees in and around the Jagannath temple, officials
said. After inaugurating the project, Mr Patnaik walked bare feet along with Puri’s titular king Divyasingha Deb and other dignitaries in a procession around the temple. The pilgrim town of Puri has been decked up with flowers, colourful lights and graffiti for the occasion. Shree Jagannath Temple Administration chief administrator Ranjan Kumar Das said a hall fitted with large digital screens has been set up in the corridor for 900 guests. “… All arrangements are in place. The administration has made Shree Marg , Shree Setu   and the Jagannath Ballav Parking area functional,” Puri Collector Samarth Verma said. Meanwhile, security has been bolstered in the temple town, with the deployment of 90 platoons   of police force. Apart from
CCTV surveillance, the police have engaged bomb disposal and anti-sabotage teams, as well as dog squads, in the area, DGP
Arun Kumar Sarangi said. The state government had earlier declared Wednesd as a public holiday.

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