Sri Sri Jagannath Dham Bangalore

Year 2008 review

Wish from a Special person : Chief of priests at Sri Jagannath Temple respected Sri Kartika Nana along with every one from Sri Jagannath Temple have wished you a very happy and prosperous New Year ahead. You can return wish him at 9 8 8 0 5 7 9 6 0 2.

( Attached : Temple construction status transition 2007-08, Communications related to Sri Jagannath Temple )

Jaya Jagannath,

Wishing all devotees a divine blissful year ahead, Sri Jagannath Temple Bangalore comes with a heart full of news and recaps of event highlights for the year 2008.

A Request : Let us begin the year becoming a life member with Lord Jagannath or by gifting a life time asset to Sri Jagannath Temple: Respected Devotees, let us start our new year with a life time membership to Sri Jagannath Temple. A real life man of the match for this noble mission. With Sri Jagannath temple nearing completion, let us be blessed by donating or sponsoring for an asset to serve the holiest shrine on earth. Please donate anything that uniquely differentiates it’s necessities from provisions at Sri Jagannath Temple at Puri.

Few interesting facts from our record Book :

No. of Life members added during 2008 63 ( Out of Total Life members so far : 392, First life member to temple being Sri A.K Agarwal )
First Life member for 2008 Sri Anup Kumar Dash ( Earliest life member on 01.01.08 )
Youngest life member of the year Sri Ayaan Kumar Patra ( 1 year 6 Months )
Devotee whose Whole family members are life member to the Temple Sri. Manoj Patra
Sri. Siba Ram Baral
Sri. K.C Das
Oldest Life member to our Temple Sri N. K Jena ( 72 plus year old ) Thus he was honored with being our Royal king during Rath Yatra
First donor of the year Sri Satya Prakash
Highest Donor to Temple Sri Pradyumna Kumar Mishra
Most frequent Donor to the temple Sri Siba Ram Baral ( Donated in 13 different occasions )
Most valued ornament donor for the year 2008 K. Neela Mohan Subudhi

Memorable moments from year 2008:
1. Rath Yatra 2008 : (
Detailed Demography :
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Rath Yatra :  Album1, Album2, Video1, Video2, Video3, Video4, Video5, Video6.                                                    Bahuda Yatra :  Album

The biggest achievement of the year was Rath Yatra at Sri Jagannath Temple. This was a long standing dream that came true for crores of devotees of supreme lord Sri Jagannath swami across the world to have Rath Yatra celebrated in full scale at Bangalore. At last Bangalore too joins as 1374th to the club of cities in the world that being outside Orissa witnessed Rath Yatra first time year, a festival that binds together hearts and souls of all devotees across the world with the threads of love and universal brotherhood. On this date our ever beloved lord Jagannatha came out of the Temple and ride thru a spectacular procession on a state of the art traditional wooden Chariot. We had the most spectacular event of the year, the shining day of the calendar, the day that counted to a synchronous gathering of devotees of lord Sri Jagannath swami at Bangalore for a common divine and spiritual reason.

Mega success of Rath Yatra at Sri Jagannath Temple has added a new dimension to the identity of Odia community at Bangalore, A prestigious definition of respect to our covalence and coexistence on Karnataka soil, a life time memory for generations to come, altogether a new wing of richness to our culture and most importantly a cute smile to the faces of our ever beloved deities. Attached is a recap of the whole episode.

2. Music concert by Anoop Jalota : Sri Jagannath Temple celebrated the International Non-Violence day this year with a concert by Bhajan Samrat Anup Jalota at Chowdia Memorial Hall on 2nd October. Supported by Mangaldeep Incense Sticks, the event was organized by Maam Entertainment and the proceeds of the concert went towards funding the construction of our Shree Jagannath Temple.

3. Ganesh Puja : 3rd September this year left behind an impressive memory of a ritual, a cute looking deity and an evening full of dancing and swinging beats. Orissa Culture Associations and Orissa Puja Committee had architected two spectacular events at Bangalore that threw everyone to the heap of fun and enjoyment with a boost of energy and excitement. The event witnessed Special Cultural evening with Cine stars, Album celebrities and Professional Orchestra team from Orissa, Prasad Sevan arrangements for everyone with delicious Oriya food at the venue and this time we have ensured that all devotees will get best quality food and multiple counters will be opened to get quickest service and large varieties in food. The event also provided ample opportunity to many young talents with skills in Odissi Dance, Singing, Stage Shows, Dance talents and any other audience entertaining skills.

Minister for IT and cultural, Orissa honorable Sri. Surya Narayan Patra attended the show as Chief guest and witnessed
Sambalpuri Dance, Odissi by Madhulita Mohapatra & Troop, Orchestra by Album artists from Orissa, Gotipua dance by Special Troop from Puri, Antakhyari, Solo & Duet, Modern dance, Stand up Comic, Mimicry & Caricature items. 

4. Miscellanious Rituals : Thick or thin all major rituals of Odia culture were celebrated at Sri Jagannath Temple. Rolling over the calendar, the Temple witnessed Shiva Ratri, Saraswati Puja, Deba Snana Purnima, Netra Utsav, Sudasa Brata, Sabitri Amabasya, Biswakarma Puja, Durga Puja, Kumar Purnima, Gaja Laxmi Puja, Durga Puja and Dipavali at times. Devotees from all skins and casts participated and celebrated the rituals at the temple premises.

5. Door to Door campaign for Sri Jagannath Temple Construction : During Feb till May, an acute shortage of revenue was felt. To push up the down trend statistics, ideas triggered around. Responding to proposals from Sri. Vighnesh Rudra Das, Seven people joined an adventurous experimental initiative to go around door to door of Odia brothers and sisters during only Saturday and Sunday morning just spending 2 hours each day. The results were truly spectacular. A massive Door to Door campaign was lunched. Challenging the hot sun, dusty wind and unknown locale, more than 3 and a half lakhs could be collected during these 4 months and thus neutralizing the statistics back to normal.

The set of brave men who conquered this task were Sri Saroj Tripathy, Sri. Debeesantosh Prakash, Sri. Vighnesh Rudra Das, Sri. Chitta Rout, Sri. Siba Ram Baral , Sri. Biraj Bhuyan, Sri. Aurodeepta Pattanayak and Sri. Nilakantha Mohanty. We also thanks to all those IT professional brothers and sisters who contributed to this divine cause.

We missed : Although it was proposed during beginning of the year by Sri Siba Ram Baral, Trustee, Sri Jagannath Temple to Organize a Twenty 20 Cricket tournament among selected teams from Oriya dense locales of Bangalore motive behind is to bind all oriya hearts and souls here, but due to limitations time & resource limitations and work load related to Temple construction, This plan couldn't be executed. Secondly, Prasad sevan at Ganesh Puja venue could have been better arranged. Due to lack of volunteers, we had left this to a third party vendor  and thus fell flat to our plans. Our Apologies for that.

Best regards,
Team NIlachakra