Noida Jagannath Temple Consecration By Puri Gajapati On Basant Panchami

New Delhi, Nov 3: The construction of the Shree Jagannath Temple at Noida in the Delhi-NCR is in its last leg of completion.

The consecration of this temple, which is being built in Noida Sector 121 of Delhi-NCR, will be held on the coming Basant Panchami (Saraswati Puja) on February 2. Preparations have started for the inauguration.

Puri Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb will inaugurate the five-day Pran Sthapana programme from January 29 to February 2. Temple secretary Manoranjan Mohanty informed that pandits from Puri Mukti Mandap will attend the Pran Sthapana (consecration) event.

President Droupadi Murmu is likely to grace the occasion. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Dinesh Sharma, UP BJP chief Swatantra Dev Singh and BJP's UP in-charge Radha Mohan Singh will be present. Samiti vice-president Pramod Bhal said 25 pundits from Mathura, Vrindavan, Ayodhya, and Haridwar will attend the event.

The Odia artisans engaged in the construction of the temple are enthusiastic about the Pran Sthapana festival.
A press conference was held in the temple premises. Joint secretary Dhaneswar Nayak, Nigam Mohanty, Rabindra Naik, Bharat Pradhan, Kishore Parida, Dilip Swain, Debu Mishra, Prashant Khilar, and Subrat Jena were present.