Archive · 6 Jun 2025
Gundicha Temple in Odisha Gets Facelift Before Rath Yatra
Imagine a very important temple, the Gundicha Temple, which is getting ready for a big festival called Rath Yatra!
The temple is getting a makeover.
They're making the outside look pretty with new stone and lights.
They are building a new room for the people who work there.
After the festival, they will fix up the kitchen and other parts inside the temple.
This is all to make the temple look nice for the special visit of important gods during the Rath Yatra festival.
Gundicha Temple is undergoing beautification ahead of the Rath Yatra.
Beautification includes stone cladding, landscaping and illumination.
The exterior boundary wall has received fresh plastering and Khondalite stone cladding.
A new room for administrative purposes is being built.
Post-Rath Yatra renovations will improve the kitchen and Nata Mandap.
- Who
- The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) is overseeing the work.
- What
- Beautification and renovation work is being done on Gundicha Temple.
- When
- Before the Rath Yatra.
- Where
- Gundicha Temple in Bhubaneswar, Odisha.
- Why
- To welcome the deities at their place of birth during the Rath Yatra.
- Temple
- Gundicha Temple
- Location
- Bhubaneswar, Odisha
- Event
- Rath Yatra
- Beautification
- Stone cladding, landscaping, illumination
- Renovations
- Inside Gundicha Temple renovations post-Rath Yatra
- Administrator
- Arabinda Kumar Padhee, SJTA