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The
Administration of Lord Jagannth Temple |
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Since the year of construction of the present temple,the
Orissa kings were its Chief patron. It was under King
Anangabhima III(1211-1238 AD),Lord Purusottama Jagannath
became the State Deity of the Ganga empire. Like Ganga
kings, the kings of the succeeding Surya dynasty made
extensive endowments in land and jewelleries for the
Deities. The temple flourished under patronage of the
independent kings of Orissa till the death of Mukunda
Deva, the last independent King of Orissa in 1568 A.D.
The system of worship of the Deities and rituals in their present form
,have an unbroken tradition over 800 years. This
maintenance and administration of this great temple is
like a small state within a big state. The foundation
of a sound administrative system was laid by the
Gajapati Kings for smooth management of the temple.
During the British Rule, the Raja of Puri was appointed
as Raja Superintendent to manage the temple
administration. With a view to get better
administrative system, the State Government passed " The
Puri Shri Jagannath Temple (Administration) Act, 1952 "
with provisions to prepare the Record of Rights and
duties of Sevayats and such other persons connected
with the system of worship and management of the
temple. Subsequently a special act known as "Shri
Jagannath Temple Act-1955" was enacted to reorganise
the scheme of management of the affairs of the temple
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The Act brought in to force with effect
from 27.12.1960 .In terms of the provision of this act
the management, administration and governance of the
temple vests in a committee known as "Shri Jagannath
Temple managing committee which consists of the
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Managing Committee of Sri Jagannath Temple, Puri
Member’s List |
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Sri
Dibyasingha Deb, Gajapati Maharaja, Puri, Chairman
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Mr. Tarun Kanti Mishra, IAS,
Development Commissioer-cum-Addl. Chief Secretary,
Govt of Orissa, Working Chairman.
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Sri
Ashok Kumar Kaluaram Meena
, I.A.S., R.D.C. (CD)
Cuttack & Chief Administrator
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Sri
Bhaskar Jyoti Sharma, I.A.S. Collector, Puri & Deputy
Chief Administrator
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Dr. D.P.
Choudhury, Addl. Law Secretary , Member
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Sri Asit
Kumar Panigrahi, I.P.S., Superintendent of Police ,
Puri, Member
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Sri D.
N. Dimiri, Superintendent of A.S.I., Member
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Sri
Bijay Kumar Dash, Endowment Commissioner, Member
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Sri
Narasingha Das Mohapatra, Member
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Sri
Purna Chandra Mahapatra, Member
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Sri
Madanmohan Pujapanda, Member
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Sri
Rabindranath Pratihari, Member
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Sri
Rabinarayan Mahasuar, Member
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Sri
Taluchha Bhagaban Mahapatra, Member
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Baba
Sachidananda Das, Member
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Sri
Bipin Bihari Rath, Member
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Sri
Jayanta Narayan Panda, Member
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Sri Arun
Kumar Sabat, Member
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