ROURKELA: Ahead of the consecration of Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22, members of the Panposh organisational district of BJP embarked on an eight-day temple cleaning drive from Sunday till January 21 to build up enthusiasm for the mega event.
Accordingly, Sundargarh Lok Sabha (LS) member of BJP and Parliamentary Standing Committee chairman Jual Oram accompanied by Panposh unit president Latika Patnaik, State BJP spokesperson Dhiren Senapati and others swept and washed the Jagannath temple premises at Sector-3.
Oram on Monday participated in a similar cleaning drive at a temple at Nabakrushnanagar in RN Pali and also celebrated Makar Sankranti with the local residents.
Patnaik said as per the direction of the party’s central leadership, the temple cleaning drive has begun in Panposh organisational district of BJP, adding by January 21, members of the BJP would clean all temples.