Indians and temples have 3 times more gold than the American treasury, Jagannath was brought fraudulently from a tribal house by a general to Puri.

New Delhi: It is much earlier than the tenth century, when the Sabar tribe used to live in Koraput district in the south of Odisha. One of their kings was Vishwa Basu. All of them used to worship a stone idol in that area. This tribe associated this statue with their existence. With this power he/she did not allow anyone to conquer his/her area. At that time there was a king of Puri, who was busy expanding his/her empire. But, the biggest obstacle in his/her path was this tribe of Koraput. The king tried hard, but he/she could not conquer them. Eventually he/she sent his/her clever commander Vidyapati to Koraput, who disguised himself and started living among these tribals. In his/her book ‘Bright Orissa: Why Still Poor’, Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty, a professor at Delhi University, says that the story of Odisha is related to the taking over of Oriya culture and economy in the name of Lord Jagannath.

Lord Jagannath’s secret revealed by making the king’s daughter fall in love

According to Dr. Mohanty, Vidyapati entangled Vishwa Basu’s daughter Lalita in his/her web of love and married her. When a lot of time passed, Vidyapati told his/her wife Lalita that he/she wanted to see the God who gave strength to those tribals. Then Lalita said that the path to reach our God cannot be shown to any outsider. In such a situation, if you want to see God, you will have to be blindfolded and taken there. Vidyapati agreed.

While leaving blindfolded, he/she sprinkled mustard seeds

When he/she was being taken to the idol of the Lord blindfolded, Vidyapati kept sprinkling mustard on his/her fists to identify the path. Later, when he/she went to Puri, he/she attacked Koraput with his/her army after the rains. By that time mustard had grown, which became the mark of reaching the idol of God. When Vishwa Basu was defeated, Vidyapati brought Lord Jagannath with him/her to Puri. he/she also brought his/her wife Lalita and father-in-law with him/her. Later, around the 12th century, Anant Varman Chodaganga Dev, ruler of the Ganga dynasty, built a temple of Lord Jagannath and also built a gem store for him/her.

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When the British brought the letter of Kali temple from Calcutta

It is the year 1803, when a British commander reached Puri after taking permission from the British East India Company based in Calcutta and he/she gave the letter of Kali temple to a Brahmin of Lord Jagannath temple and said that we will help in the worship of Lord Jagannath temple. In 1817, a major battle took place between the British and the local king, in which the king was defeated. Since then this temple remained under the control of the British. After independence, this temple came under the control of the Central Government.

Three times more gold in temples than American treasury

There is so much gold in the treasury of temples in India that it is three times more than the treasury of the American government. God likes gold so much in temples that 4000 tonnes of gold is kept in temples like Padmanabha Swamy Temple, Tirupati Balaji Temple, Jagannath Temple, Vaishno Devi Temple. This data is from the World Gold Council. India’s gold reserve may be more than 800 tonnes, but we Indians love gold so much that we have saved more than 25 thousand tonnes of it. This is almost three times the 8,965 tonnes of America, which has the largest gold reserve in the world.

4.74 lakh crore spent on pilgrimage in India

In India, the practice of visiting God in temples is so linked to tradition and spirituality that every year people spend Rs 4.74 lakh crore just on pilgrimage or religious journeys. According to the data of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), India’s temple economy has grown to about Rs 3.02 lakh crore, which is 2.32 percent of the country’s total growth rate i.e. GDP.

Role of Temple Economic Zone in India’s development

In a research published in the Journal of Asian Studies, University of Minnesota Professor Burton Stein says that pilgrimage sites and temples have been important economic hubs for centuries in the history of India. These temples have been developing as economic zones. They have been playing an important role in the development of India.

150 kg gold in gem store of Jagannath temple

When the list was made in 1978, a deposit of Rs 600 crore was found in the bank of Jagannath Temple, about 128 kg gold and 221 kg silver were found in the gem store. Apart from this, there were many priceless jewelery also. Apart from this, 60,426 acres of land is registered in the name of Lord Jagannath in Odisha and 395.2 acres of land in other 6 states. At the same time, according to the affidavit of the temple administration in the Odisha High Court, there are 149.47 kg gold and 198.79 kg silver ornaments and utensils in the gem store of Jagannath Temple.

Why did PM Modi mention the key to Ratna Bhandar?

During the election campaign in Odisha, PM Narendra Modi raised questions on BJD’s claim of Oriya identity on the pretext of missing the key of the gem store of Jagannath Temple in Puri. In 1985, Ratna Bhandar was opened for repairing the jewelery of Lord Balabhadra. Since then this treasure of Lord Jagannath remained closed. In 2018 it was discovered that the key to the Ratna Bhandar had been lost. On PM Modi’s claim, BJD leader VK Pandian said that PM Modi is raising the key issue to divert attention from issues of public interest. he/she said that as per the order of the court, during the Rath Yatra in 2024, when there will be no crowd of devotees in the temple and God will also be on the journey, then Ratna Bhandar will be opened as per the order of the court.

Now the fight for political rights

Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty says that even today there are so many minerals in the soil of Odisha that everyone is keeping an eye on it. This is what the whole fight is about here. Everyone wants to take possession of it. The British first kept this rich area under their control, now efforts are being made to take it under their control politically.