Condition of Jagannath Temple

The Minister for Culture and Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation Kumari Selja has said that a letter was received last year, from State Government of Odisha about fall of a Kalasa stone of western entrance gate of Jagannath Temple at Puri. The fallen stone was restored immediately, other essential repairs attended and State Government was apprised accordingly. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today she said, the conservation work of Jagannath Temple at Puri is attended to regularly, depending upon the need of the repairs and availability of resources and the monument is in a good state of preservation