The revised price list of Abadha (Mahaprasad) would be pasted in Ananda Bazar in the Shreemandir premises here in a few days’ time, said Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) Chief Administrator Pradipta Moahaptra on Tuesday.
Mohapatra said that the SJTA supplied required ration items and engaged ‘Suars and Mohasuars’ (cooks) in cooking Mahaprasad for cost assessment on an experimental basis. The cooks would give expenditure details of all items to a committee within a few days and then the committee would fix prices of different items of Mohaparasad and bring in a final rate chart for public in the Ananda Bazar within a week, he said.
He said fixing a rate chart for Abhada items is a part of administrative reforms and would ensure that devotees would get Mahaprashad at right prices.
Mohapatra further informed that temple administration would soon oust all unotherised occupants from the Ananda Bazar soon.
Regarding the proposed ‘online ticket system for Darshan of the Trinity, the SJTA chief said the managing committee (MC) member from the Pratihari Nijog has been assigned the charge of drafting a modality in this regard.
The ticketed system would be implemented on basis of report, said Mohapatra.
He said that many devotees want special views of deities on payment like ‘Parimanik Darshan’. The proposed ticketed darshan is only meant for such devotees, he said.
Besides, he informed that the arrangements and time schedules for ‘Pahili Bhoga’ (dawn offerings) rituals on December 16, January 1 and ‘Makar Sankaranti’ would be prepared.