The Shree Jaganath Temple Administration (SJTA) on Friday extended financial assistance of Rs 1,000 each to widows of seven servitors towards Habisha ritual for the upcoming holy month of Kartik.
SJTA Chief Administrator Pradipta Mohapatra offered the money in his office in the presence of Puri Collector Jyoti Prakash Das, who is SJTA Deputy Chief Administrator and SP Dr Sarthak Sarangi besides some members of temple management committee.
As many as 268 widows of families of servitors have been shortlisted to be provided such financial assistance for Kartik Habisha.
In the first phase, seven women were provided the money on Friday, a public relation official of SJTA informed, adding that the remaining widows would get the assistance shortly.