GUWAHATI: An elderly woman from Sonitpur district of Assam has expressed her wish to donate all her properties to Jagannath temple in Puri, Odisha.
Rameswari Devi, the 62-year-old woman from Tezpur has decided to donate her land and three houses as a devotion to the God, reports ‘Sambad English’, a leading news website in Odisha.
In this regard, she urged Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) in Puri to make registration of the properties belonging to her late husband in the name of Lord Jagannath.
According to reports, Rameswari is a retired Forest official of Assam. She has two sons and two daughters. Following her retirement and wedding of her children, the 62-year-old woman has been residing near Srimandir in Puri since February 2011 to spend the rest of her life in devotion towards Lord Jagannath.
Earlier, she had approached one of servitors from Assam at Srimandir to donate her properties. However, she had failed to make her wish true. Later, she decided to attempt one more time through proper channel.
On Friday, Rameswari visited the SJTA office and informed the officials about transferring all her properties to Lord Jagannath. She urged the temple administrator to send a team of officials to Assam and proceed for transferring process after conducting necessary verification of the land and buildings.
“The donation process should get over as soon as possible. If something happens to me, as I am not getting any younger, my relatives will usurp the land,” a worried Rameswari told Odishatv, a leading news channel in odisha.
SJTA Administrator (Rituals) Jitendra Kumar Sahoo said that the process to transfer the woman’s properties as donation will be done after reviewing the land documents. Further decision can be taken after proper assessment.
Sources said that Rameswari had been staying at Assam Bhawan in front of Paschim Dwara of Srimandir. After demolition of the structure in Srimandir beautification drive, now she is residing at Bagedia Dharmasala.
