Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today visited Puri and offered prayers to Lord Jagannath On the 7th day of the launch of the Parikrama project.
Patnaik walked around the recently inaugurated Parikrama project.
5T and Nabin Odisha Chairman VK Pandian accompanied him to the pilgrim town.
The Chief Minister visited the temple to have darshan and experience the new facilities available to the devotees.
Patnaik prayed before the deity for the prosperity and well-being of the people.
Expressing immense satisfaction over the magnificence of the project and the spiritual environment, Patnaik said the project will give a spiritual environment to devotees for generations.
The Chief Minister inaugurated an ambitious project on January 17. The project assumes significance in terms of the temple’s security, various festivals of the trinity and convenience of the devotees.
The 75-meter wide circumnavigation project around the shrine is a magnificent, aesthetical one.
A number of facilities like cloakroom, information center, amphitheater are available for the devotees along with the beautiful green environment, khandalites stone work.