The Council of Cultural Relations, Puri and Shree Jagannath Dham Puri-Devabhumu Himachal Foundation, Pragpur, Harbagpuli Kangra of HP jointly organised a meeting here over cultural collaboration.
Pragpur is the first heritage village of India in HP where the pratistha ceremony was held of a newly built small Jagannath temple from April 27 to 29 under the leadership of Purnachandra Mohapatra from Rastriya Sanskrit Sansthan of HP.
The temple of 17 feet height has been built by a local artist. The Balabhadra, Subhadra and Jagannath idols are of wood. Besides, there are Sridevi Bhudevi and Madanmhan idols. A complete new temple on models of the Shree Mandir will be built there which will be of 54 feet high, it was revealed.
A proposal was mooted to start Devabhumi Mahotsav in Odisha and Jagannath Mahotsav in HP. There was also another proposal for non-profit cultural exchanges between the two States.