Following allegations by a Maharana Sevayat (carpenter) Krusna Chandra Maharana of a fixing made in the selection of Daru (wood logs) for construction of statue of goddess Suvadra during 2015 Nabakalebar
Yatra, the Sankaracharya of Puri Nischilananda Saraswati said on Friday that he has repeatedly been neglected by the temple administration.
After the fixing of Daru issue took off in the State, Saraswati targeted the temple administration of being careless and monopolistic during 2015 Nabakalebar Yatra.
The Puri seer advised the Government to take his advice now so as to get an easy solution regarding the fixing of Daru. He further said that despite having a right to advise in the affair of rites and rituals in the temple, the administration has overlooked him for which the trouble has arisen.
“I have been repeatedly neglected by the temple administration during Nabakalebar. The Gobardhan mutt has rights to decide on religious affairs. But the temple had never asked him,” said Saraswati to the Press and advised the temple authority to come and contact him for a solution of the present controversy.