Utkal Samaj Minutes of Meeting - July 05 2009

After the Jagannath Temple puja in April, there has been no activities on the temple land. It was urged to members to involve themselves in activities which would help in expediting the construction work.

The target date of the temporary temple is October end. To achieve this, and to kick start the construction of the Main Temple, the following points were discussed.

• Creation of the trust : The Jagannath Temple Trust has to be created before beginning any activity. Dr L.K Tripathy read a draft version of the trust. The final version of the trust will be shared once it is reviewed by Shri N Mahapatro.
• Main vision: One of the additions that was suggested was that the puja conducted in the Jagannath temple would be as per the Puri Temple rituals.
• Timeline for Trust: The trust registration needs to be completed within one month. Dr L.K Tripathy to follow up on this matter.
• Trustee members: The maximum number of trustees can be 15. Hence, it was decided that the about 5 members from Utkal Samaj would be included as trustees. These members need to contribute significant amount of their time towards the construction of temple. Another 5 trustees would be prominent and eminent Oriyas in Pune, who could bring in significant amount of financial and other help towards the construction of the temple. The remaining 5 members would be from the land donors and other donors (ie temple construction / land / material contributors) or anyone who the Land Owner wishes to include.
• Utkal Samaj members who would be trustees: Shri Ajay Mohanty, Shri Sisir Mahapatra and Shri Amulya Kumar Bal.
• Eminent Oriyas who could be approached are Shri Kailash Mishra, Shri Ravindra Behera, Shri Bhujbal, Shri Achyuta Samant.
• Temple founding members: Other Utkal Samaj members and others who can contribute Rs 1 Lakh or more would be termed as Founding Members. Any member who has also significantly contributed towards the cause of the construction of the temple would also qualify as founding member.
• Temple members: any other person who donates an amount (yet to be finalised) would be a member of the temple. Benefits to founding members and members would be decided later.
• Brochure and hand outs: Once the trustee members are decided, the temple architects would finalize the plans, and would create a brochure of the temple.
• The temple land excavation work would begin from Thursday, July 9th.

Ganesh Puja plans were also discussed.

• Puja money to be collected will be RS 200/- for family (4 members) and Rs 100/- for Single/Bachelors. Rs 50/- would go towards the construction of the Jagannath temple. However, participants would be encouraged to donate more.
• Money collected for the function would be handed over to Shri Sisri Mohapatra, who would be the new treasurer for Utkal Samaj Pune.
• Shridhar Sahoo and Krishna Rath would be in charge of the cultural activities and also on spot fund collection.
• The Puja would be held in the morning and should finish by 11 PM following which a cultural program would be held. Lunch will follow the cultural program.