BMC and ASI Joint Team Inspects Lingaraj Temple

Bhubaneswar: BMC Commissioner Sanjay Singh along with a team of Archeological Survey of India, has inspected the Lingaraj Temple and reviewed the conservation and restoration works which are going to restart again soon. The officials visited various temples inside the Lingaraj temple premises especially the Singha Dwara and the Garbhagruha and have said that there is no threat to the temple.

The restoration works of the Dwara has started and will take about one and half years to complete. It was damaged during the Cyclone Fani but could not be repaired due to the Covid pandemic. The wooden doors of the Singhadwara are also going to be silver plated in the coming days.

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