Odisha Govt To Form Committee To Look After Management Of Lingaraj Temple

Bhubaneswar: In order to ensure better administration and governance, the state government has decided to promulgate an ordinance to form a committee empowered to look after the management of Lingaraj Temple and its properties on its premises, here.

The proposed ordinance, which was approved by the state Cabinet on Tuesday, aims at providing better facilities to the pilgrims and devotees coming to the temple. It will also empower the committee to safeguard the properties of the temple and its properties including temples situated within and outside its premises, sacred places and Maths.

The ordinance includes constitution of the managing committee and its composition,  responsibilities and powers, administrator’s responsibilities and powers, maintenance and management of movable and immovable properties of the temple, role and responsibilities of the servitors, constitution of the temple fund and its management.

After the ordinance was sent to the President for instruction, the Central government proposed to insert a clause stating “as far as on the 12 Centrally protected monuments are concerned, the provisions may be in consonance with AMASR, Act.” With approval of the chief minister, it has been proposed to add the provision.