BHUBANESWAR: In the wake of the debate surrounding the mysterious disappearance of the keys of Puri Jagannath Temple's inside treasury or Ratna Bhandar and scathing assault from opposition events, the state govt on Monday got rid of the shrine's chief administrator Pradeep Kumar Jena, an IAS officer, from the key submit. Another IAS officer, P Ok Mohapatra will replace Jena, who will proceed to function secretary of the water assets department.
The chief minister's place of job that sent a message to newshounds on WhatsApp about Jena's sudden transfer didn't specify the cause of his elimination. Jena's elimination was introduced while he was busy attending a high-level meeting with Puri district pass judgement on Ambuja Mohan Das and different district officers within the district.
Ambuja Mohan Das, the district pass judgement on of Puri who was requested by way of the Supreme Court to submit a file on the difficulties faced by way of visitors on the Jagannath Temple, as well as exploitative practices and deficiencies within the temple control, began his inquiry on Monday. He will submit his file on June 30.
Das met officers of the temple, the district collector and the SP and requested them concerning the difficulties faced by way of the devotees. "We will cooperate with the district judge in his probe. He sought some details which we will supply soon," a senior temple professional mentioned.
The temple administration additionally met the participants of Chhatisa Nijog (a confederation of different servitors) and discussed the Supreme Court directive. The apex court on Friday requested the temple administration to forestall servitors from accepting dakshina from pilgrims. Numerous clergymen expressed apprehension concerning the financial losses they'd incur after the implementation of the court's directive.
"We will discuss the matter with the members of all nijogs (associations of servitors) and file a review petition in the Supreme Court seeking a revocation of the order. If the order is implemented, many servitors will suffer heavy losses," president of Daitapati Nijog (an affiliation of servitors), Ramakrushna Dasmohapatra, mentioned.
Devotees, alternatively, sought rapid implementation of the Supreme Court order. "We don't have a problem with donating money to servitors, but their conduct is harsh. They harass us and force us to pay. Pilgrims are often assaulted for refusing to pay the dakshina," mentioned Pradipta Tripathy, an area devotee.
On May 20, an IT professional from Thane and his spouse were assaulted by way of three servitors after they refused to pay dakshina. In April, devotees were disadvantaged of Mahaprasad for 4 days after a stand-off between different groups of servitors and the temple administration.
The chief minister's place of job that sent a message to newshounds on WhatsApp about Jena's sudden transfer didn't specify the cause of his elimination. Jena's elimination was introduced while he was busy attending a high-level meeting with Puri district pass judgement on Ambuja Mohan Das and different district officers within the district.
Ambuja Mohan Das, the district pass judgement on of Puri who was requested by way of the Supreme Court to submit a file on the difficulties faced by way of visitors on the Jagannath Temple, as well as exploitative practices and deficiencies within the temple control, began his inquiry on Monday. He will submit his file on June 30.
Das met officers of the temple, the district collector and the SP and requested them concerning the difficulties faced by way of the devotees. "We will cooperate with the district judge in his probe. He sought some details which we will supply soon," a senior temple professional mentioned.
The temple administration additionally met the participants of Chhatisa Nijog (a confederation of different servitors) and discussed the Supreme Court directive. The apex court on Friday requested the temple administration to forestall servitors from accepting dakshina from pilgrims. Numerous clergymen expressed apprehension concerning the financial losses they'd incur after the implementation of the court's directive.
"We will discuss the matter with the members of all nijogs (associations of servitors) and file a review petition in the Supreme Court seeking a revocation of the order. If the order is implemented, many servitors will suffer heavy losses," president of Daitapati Nijog (an affiliation of servitors), Ramakrushna Dasmohapatra, mentioned.
Devotees, alternatively, sought rapid implementation of the Supreme Court order. "We don't have a problem with donating money to servitors, but their conduct is harsh. They harass us and force us to pay. Pilgrims are often assaulted for refusing to pay the dakshina," mentioned Pradipta Tripathy, an area devotee.
On May 20, an IT professional from Thane and his spouse were assaulted by way of three servitors after they refused to pay dakshina. In April, devotees were disadvantaged of Mahaprasad for 4 days after a stand-off between different groups of servitors and the temple administration.
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