Foundation laid for ambitious redevelopment project around Puri Jagannath Temple
The Hindu
The ₹800-crore Shree Mandira Parikrama Project will help create an unobstructed 75-metre corridor around the Meghanada Pacheri.
The foundation stone was laid on Wednesday for the ambitious Shree Mandira Parikrama Project (SMPP), which seeks to develop areas falling within 75 metres from the 12th century Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri.
In the presence of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Dibyasingha Deb, Chairman of Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee and titular king of Puri, laid the foundation at the culmination of a three-day ‘yagna’ (special rituals).
Being developed at an estimated investment of around ₹800 crore, the project will help create unobstructed 75-metre corridor around the Meghanada Pacheri (outer wall of Shree Jagannatha Temple).