In First Cabinet Meet, Odisha CM Majhi Orders Reopening Of All 4 Gates Of Puri Jagannath Temple

The newly elected BJP government in Odisha, in its first Cabinet meeting, has approved a proposal to re-open all four gates of Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri on early Thursday morning.

The cabinet also decided to set up a corpus fund for immediate requirement of the 12th-century shrine.

Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi, after chairing a meeting with his ministers at the state secretariat Lok Seva Bhawan, said, "The state government decided to re-open all the four gates of the Puri Jagannath temple in early morning tomorrow in the presence of all ministers. Devotees will have access to the temple through all four gates."