All four gates of Puri Jagannath Temple to open for devotees if BJP comes to power in Odisha: Nadda

Chinmayee Dash Published On : May 5, 2024 at 5:45 PM

Bhubaneswar: All four gates of the Jagannath Temple in Puri will be opened for devotees if the BJP is voted to power in Odisha, promised BJP’s National President JP Nadda.

Attending BJP’s ‘Sankalp Patra’ release programme for Odisha Assembly polls at the party’s state headquarters in Bhubaneswar today, Nadda said that Odisha government will open all four gates of Puri Jagannath Temple if the party comes to power in the state in the ensuing Assembly elections.

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He announced that the ongoing mismanagement by Puri Temple Trust would be addressed.

“We will bring transparency in the temple affairs being managed by the Trust. Also, we will work to provide world-class facilities for the devotees visiting the Jagannath Temple,” he said.

Speaking on Ratna Bhandar key missing issue, the BJP chief said, “You (people) give us key on June 4, we will initiate an investigation into the missing key of Puri Srimandir Ratna Bhandar and procure the key. Also, the inventory of Ratna Bhandar will be made public.”

He ensured that the mutts that were evicted for Puri Srimandir Parikrama project will be re-established with fair compensation.