Thursday, June 10, 2010

[ZESTCaste] Finally, Dalits build temple in Odisha town

 

http://www.kalingatimes.com/odisha_news/news2010/20100609_Finally_Dalits_build_temple_in_Odisha_town.htm

Finally, Dalits build temple in Odisha town
By Manoj Kar
Kendrapara, June 9: After over eight decades of prolonged and enduring
wait, the Dalits have managed to build a place of worship, all by
their own endeavour, inside the famous Baldevjew temple here.

Mahalaxmi temple inside the 300-year-old Baldevjew temple is now
complete. It was the singular effort of the fishermen community here
that 47-feet sprawling temple has come up, said Baldevjew endowment
officials.

The works of the temple entirely funded by the fishermen community
were moving at a snail's pace over the years. Its foundation had been
laid on 1927.

Paucity of funds led to the inordinate delay and finally its works is
complete and it's spruced for Puja rituals to begin, said Brahmananda
Behera, secretary of the temple building committee.

The temple would be thrown open for public darshan on June 25. Puri
Gajapati, who has consented to visit, would be the first devotee to
make his way to the temple, he said.

Unlike in other temples, the Dalits have unrestricted access to the
temple and there is no caste related bar on darshan rights here.

However, the traditional bar on entry of non-Hindus into the temple
still remains in force.

The famous temple that draws thousands of devotees everyday was built
during the reign of Marahatta Subedars in this region.

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