Jagannath Temple to start FM broadcasting service

Sri Jagannath temple administration has decided to start an FM broadcasting service soon, official sources said.
"We have decided to set up our own radio station to disseminate information on Lord Jagannath. The proposed project would be commissioned at a cost of around Rs 4 crore," the temple's chief administrator, Arvind Padhee, told reporters today.
Padhee said this a day after the Temple Managing Committee headed by Gajapati Maharaj of Puri, Dibyasingha Deb, gave its nod to the proposal.
Stating that the radio station will function from the premises of the temple office at Puri, Padhee said the project is likely to take shape after the end of the Rath Yatra in July.

The programmes to be aired through the proposed radio station include devotional songs, daily rituals and discourses relating to the Lord. It will function for eight hours daily, Padhee said.
This apart, information on Lord Jagannath and rituals of the 12th century shrine would soon be available on popular social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
National Informatics Centre (NIC) is giving finishing touches to the design and content of the dedicated webpage.