Puri: The chief administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration on Sunday requested the National Monuments Authority (NMA) to withdraw the draft notification on Heritage Bye-Laws meant for Shree Jagannath Temple.

The Sri Jagannath Temple Administration wrote to the Member Secretary of National Monument Authority (NMA) under the Ministry of Culture requesting it to withdraw the draft notification of heritage bylaws framed by it for the Sri Jagannath temple, to protect the interests of the Holy Trinity, servitors and devotees.

The National Monuments Authority said the draft heritage bye-laws have been prepared as per Section 20(E) of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 2010 and Rule 18 of National Monuments Authority Rules, 2011.

The NMA under the Union Ministry of Culture has published the draft heritage Byelaws of Centrally Protected Monument Shri Jagannath Temple and subsidiary shrines together with adjacent area in Puri in its website nma.gov.in and has invited suggestions and comments from the public till February 18.

Stating that Lord Jagannath is the ?Aradhya Devata? of Odias and millions of Hindus across India and the world, Chief Administrator of Sri Jagannath Temple Administration  Dr Krishan Kumar wrote that a large number of Sahis (habitations) which are more than a millennium old exist around the temple. These Sahis are mostly habitations of Sevayat families who have been rendering service to the Lords since time immemorial. 

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