Singhadwara police seeks Shree Jagannath temple administration’s assistance on Utsav app
By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The Lions Gate police at Puri on Saturday wrote to the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in search of its report on the genuineness of a web-based platform Utsav which claims to facilitate on-line pujas on the shrine and residential supply of ‘Mahaprasad’.
A criticism towards Utsav was filed on the Singhadwara police station on Friday. Police in a letter to SJTA sought to know if the digital platform is genuine or if it has duped devotees of lakhs of rupees with false claims of facilitating on-line pujas on the Srimandir. If discovered true, a case might be registered towards the Kolkata-based agency that runs the platform (each net and cellular app).
The platform had marketed reserving for each day and particular pujas on the Srimandir together with the Atika Bandha (crown tying ritual) which isn’t being held within the temple. For the Atika Bandha, it charged greater than Rs 10,000 and likewise claimed to be sending ‘special Mahaprasad’ and dry prasad like khaja, gaja and sweets delivered on the homes of devotees who booked the puja. Servitors of the temple had additionally warned devotees of such web sites and cellular apps.
BHUBANESWAR: The Lions Gate police at Puri on Saturday wrote to the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in search of its report on the genuineness of a web-based platform Utsav which claims to facilitate on-line pujas on the shrine and residential supply of ‘Mahaprasad’.
A criticism towards Utsav was filed on the Singhadwara police station on Friday. Police in a letter to SJTA sought to know if the digital platform is genuine or if it has duped devotees of lakhs of rupees with false claims of facilitating on-line pujas on the Srimandir. If discovered true, a case might be registered towards the Kolkata-based agency that runs the platform (each net and cellular app).
The platform had marketed reserving for each day and particular pujas on the Srimandir together with the Atika Bandha (crown tying ritual) which isn’t being held within the temple. For the Atika Bandha, it charged greater than Rs 10,000 and likewise claimed to be sending ‘special Mahaprasad’ and dry prasad like khaja, gaja and sweets delivered on the homes of devotees who booked the puja. Servitors of the temple had additionally warned devotees of such web sites and cellular apps.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
