BHUBANESWAR: The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in Puri on Friday said it might read about the Supreme Court’s recommendation on giving get right of entry to to other folks of all non secular beliefs into the shrine at the same time as servitors hostile the transfer, saying the federal government will have to no longer tamper with the age-old tradition. Until now, best Hindus are allowed into the 12th century shrine.
“We will talk about the Supreme Court’s ideas in our managing committee (MC) meeting and take suitable action,” Dibyasingha Deb, chairperson of temple managing committee and scion of erstwhile Puri royal circle of relatives, informed the media.
Official sources said the temple administration also intends to seek the advice of the Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati and prominent Hindu students at the delicate issue.
“We will transfer the Supreme Court and urge it (through affidavits) to not make any ideas that might hurt the non secular sentiments of the Hindus. Jagannath temple’s age-old tradition and custom will have to no longer be altered. We also don't support the Puri district pass judgement on’s recommendation to abolish hereditary appointment of clergymen within the temple,” said Binayak Dasmohapatra, assistant secretary of Jagannath temple’s Daitapati Nijog, a key association of servitors.
Jagannath researchers too are unwilling to give other folks, irrespective of faith, the proper to consult with the shrine and offer prayers. “We cannot inform about different temples. But the traditions are unique at the Jagannath temple. According to historical past and legends, the temple had faced threat from non-Hindus. The shrine was plundered 18 occasions. Of these, 17 attacks passed off between the 14thand 18th centuries,” researcher Surya Narayan Rathsarma said.
The Supreme Court’s recommendation got here at a time when the Jagannath temple is mired in controversies, together with contemporary lack of the keys of the shrine’s inner Ratna Bhandar (treasury) and exploitative behavior of servitors. Debates on whether or no longer non-Hindus will have to be allowed into the temple were often made previously after other folks of different non secular beliefs, mostly foreigners, were stuck throughout the temple. All of them had claimed that they didn't know concerning the temple’s ban at the entry of non-Hindus. In 1984, Indira Gandhi needed to be content with seeing the temple from outside because clergymen cited her marriage with Feroze Gandhi, a Parsi. A lot of dignitaries from international international locations too were denied entry on a number of events.
Significantly, late Rajya Sabha member Pyari Mohan Mohapatra and late Odisha leader minister Janaki Ballav Patnaik had stirred up hornet’s nest by means of vouching for entry of non-Hindus into the temple. Amid debates at the issue previously, Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati and Puri scion Dibyasingha Deb had favoured the entry of Hindus best into the temple.
Pastor of Church of Christ (union church), Rev Bichitrananda Satpathy welcomed the Supreme Court’s verdict. “Place of worship does no longer topic to us as we will be able to pray by means of sitting beneath a tree. The Supreme Court’s proposal can boost tourism in Odisha. There isn't any harm for tourists of all faiths to peer the cultured great thing about the temple,” he said. Sheikh Barqui, head of a Madrasa in Cuttack district, said the state executive will have to talk over with other folks of all walks of lifestyles and professionals ahead of taking a call at the Supreme Court’s proposal.
Congress state president Niranjan Patnaik said he in my opinion favours the Supreme Court’s proposal. “In my opinion, other folks of all faith will have to be allowed to enter the temple. This will assist propagate Jagannath culture internationally,” Niranjan said. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lekhashri Samantsinghar said reforms will have to be presented in consultation with professionals, like Shankaracharya.
“We will talk about the Supreme Court’s ideas in our managing committee (MC) meeting and take suitable action,” Dibyasingha Deb, chairperson of temple managing committee and scion of erstwhile Puri royal circle of relatives, informed the media.
Official sources said the temple administration also intends to seek the advice of the Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati and prominent Hindu students at the delicate issue.
“We will transfer the Supreme Court and urge it (through affidavits) to not make any ideas that might hurt the non secular sentiments of the Hindus. Jagannath temple’s age-old tradition and custom will have to no longer be altered. We also don't support the Puri district pass judgement on’s recommendation to abolish hereditary appointment of clergymen within the temple,” said Binayak Dasmohapatra, assistant secretary of Jagannath temple’s Daitapati Nijog, a key association of servitors.
Jagannath researchers too are unwilling to give other folks, irrespective of faith, the proper to consult with the shrine and offer prayers. “We cannot inform about different temples. But the traditions are unique at the Jagannath temple. According to historical past and legends, the temple had faced threat from non-Hindus. The shrine was plundered 18 occasions. Of these, 17 attacks passed off between the 14thand 18th centuries,” researcher Surya Narayan Rathsarma said.
The Supreme Court’s recommendation got here at a time when the Jagannath temple is mired in controversies, together with contemporary lack of the keys of the shrine’s inner Ratna Bhandar (treasury) and exploitative behavior of servitors. Debates on whether or no longer non-Hindus will have to be allowed into the temple were often made previously after other folks of different non secular beliefs, mostly foreigners, were stuck throughout the temple. All of them had claimed that they didn't know concerning the temple’s ban at the entry of non-Hindus. In 1984, Indira Gandhi needed to be content with seeing the temple from outside because clergymen cited her marriage with Feroze Gandhi, a Parsi. A lot of dignitaries from international international locations too were denied entry on a number of events.
Significantly, late Rajya Sabha member Pyari Mohan Mohapatra and late Odisha leader minister Janaki Ballav Patnaik had stirred up hornet’s nest by means of vouching for entry of non-Hindus into the temple. Amid debates at the issue previously, Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati and Puri scion Dibyasingha Deb had favoured the entry of Hindus best into the temple.
Pastor of Church of Christ (union church), Rev Bichitrananda Satpathy welcomed the Supreme Court’s verdict. “Place of worship does no longer topic to us as we will be able to pray by means of sitting beneath a tree. The Supreme Court’s proposal can boost tourism in Odisha. There isn't any harm for tourists of all faiths to peer the cultured great thing about the temple,” he said. Sheikh Barqui, head of a Madrasa in Cuttack district, said the state executive will have to talk over with other folks of all walks of lifestyles and professionals ahead of taking a call at the Supreme Court’s proposal.
Congress state president Niranjan Patnaik said he in my opinion favours the Supreme Court’s proposal. “In my opinion, other folks of all faith will have to be allowed to enter the temple. This will assist propagate Jagannath culture internationally,” Niranjan said. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lekhashri Samantsinghar said reforms will have to be presented in consultation with professionals, like Shankaracharya.
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