Odisha’s new CM Mohan Majhi, in his first cabinet meeting, approved the proposal to reopen the gates of Jagannath temple for devotees
All the four gates of Puri’s Jagannath Temple have been opened for the devotees on Thursday, June 13.
Chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, along with his ministers, Puri MP Sambit Patra, Balasore MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi and other leaders also arrived at the temple in the morning.
Odisha’s newly formed Bharatiya Janata Party government had announced to open all the gates of the revered shrine
Majhi, in its first cabinet meeting on Wednesday, approved the proposal to reopen all the gates of the holy shrine for devotees, which had been closed since the Covid-19 pandemic.
The cabinet also announced the setting up of a corpus fund worth ₹500 crore for the 12th-century shrine’s upkeep and development
During the elections, we had said that we would reopen all 4 gates… All four gates of the temple are going to be opened today. All members of the Council Ministers are present here. A corpus fund worth Rs. 500 crores has also been announced for development projects… We took the oath yesterday and we are opening the gates today,” Said CM Mohan Majhi.
