Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Tuesday talked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the repair of Jagamoahn, facing the sanctum sanctorum of the Jagannath Temple over phone.
Patnaik told the PM that the safety of the Jagamohan is an important matter for all and urged him to initiate steps for early commencement of the prayer hall of the 900-year-old temple, said a CMO statement.
The PM assured the CM that he would direct the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), the custodian of the 12th-century shrine, for repair of the Jagamohan, the statement added. last week, the CM had written a letter to Modi expressing concern over safety of the Jagamohan’s structure and sought his urgent intervention in this regard.