In Lord Jagannath of Puri’s name, 25,000 acres, a lot of it encroached
Debabrata Mohanty: Bhubaneswar, Monday, Jan 14, 2013 at 0251 hrs IST
He is possibly the only god in India who owns so much land —25,711 acres — but Lord Jagannath is struggling to get part of it back from encroachers.
Lord Jagannath, presiding deity of the 12th century temple in Puri, is listed as a landlord in the Orissa government’s revenue records. He reporte ....Read morePrevious Story Tata Jaguar Land Rover to add nearly 800 new jobs at UK plant Next Story Learning to play with tax-saving instruments
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KAMALAR | Monday , 14 Jan '13 13:40:17 PMReply | Forward While poor people starving and eating mice to survive, the so called high cast is enjoying wealth in the name of Lord Jagannath. what a pity? We shout that India is progressing.
Don't mislead
Rahul | Monday , 14 Jan '13 15:58:07 PMReply | Forward Those encroacahing in the land are not poor people, but organized land mafia and real estate sharks. It has nothing to do with caste.
Jagannath Puri Land
Sudha | Monday , 14 Jan '13 15:45:33 PMReply | Forward What about the loot of the public money by the Yadavs, Gowadas, DMKs etc of lower casts?
MoneyMatters!!
Sharat | Monday , 14 Jan '13 10:25:31 AMReply | Forward Why to talk about India if there is poorest of poor are present in our state Orissa even who are not able to earn single meal a day. Our God Jagannath is owning crores of rupees worth land, who is going to benefit from this? None. Still we can witness more than a lacks being donated everyday as per a daily news, but don't have the time & money for these poor.Benefits possible
Rahul | Monday , 14 Jan '13 16:00:22 PMReply | Forward With proper management, everything from annadan halls to universities can be set up. So, don't condone encroachments by real-estate sharks.
