Samaleswari shrine revamp on anvil
2 min read By Express News Service
SAMBALPUR: To give a fillip to tourism within the state, beautification and peripheral growth of Samaleswari temple and a heritage hall apart from state-of-the-art facilities for pilgrims will probably be carried out inside subsequent two years. A five-member staff of senior State authorities officers on Tuesday visited the shrine right here to assessment the redevelopment plan.
The redevelopment undertaking of the temple being monitored by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, will probably be applied on the strains of Srimandir in Puri and Lingaraj Temple in Bhubaneswar. Addressing media individuals on the Collectorate, Chairman, Western Odisha Development Council and Principal Advisor to the Chief Minister, Asit Tripathy mentioned Samaleswari temple is a crucial non secular place of Odisha and devotees from throughout the area and neighbouring states throng the shrine to hunt the blessings of the deity.
As a part of the plan, beautification and peripheral growth of the temple will probably be carried out and a heritage hall constructed. The temple will even get state-of-the-art facilities for pilgrims. Tripathy mentioned the Mahanadi river entrance close to the temple too will probably be developed and steps taken to make sure it stays perennial all year long. He mentioned truthful compensation bundle will probably be given to folks more likely to be displaced by the undertaking.
The redevelopment of the shrine will present a lift to tourism within the city. The staff will current a report back to the Chief Minister and a blueprint will probably be ready after taking into consideration the important thing components. The finances for the undertaking will probably be finalised accordingly with a goal to be accomplished inside two years.
The Chief Minister had visited the temple on January 21 final yr and introduced that growth work of the sixteenth century shrine will probably be began quickly. Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra, 5T Secretary VK Pandian, Special Secretary to the Chief Minister, R Vineel Krishna and Secretary, Works division Krishan Kumar have been a part of the staff that visited the temple early on Tuesday.
