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April 3, 2003   VNN7955  

Nepal King Donates Ornaments To Jagannath Temple

FROM HINDUSTAN TIMES

NEPAL, Apr 3 (VNN) — Gold ornaments including rings, coins, decorative pieces and expensive clothes were among the gifts the King of Nepal Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev and Queen Komal Rajyalaxmi Devi offered to the deities of the Sri Jagannath temple here on Saturday.

A gold coin, a gold thread, three golden eyes, a small gold idol of Laxminarayan, a gold lotus, a silver umbrella, a silver lamp, other decorative silver ornaments and silver footwear were presented to Lord Jagannath by the royal couple, temple administration sources said.

A pair of gold ear rings, a gold ring, three golden eyes, a silver garland with 108 tulsi leaves were offered to Lord Balabhadra while a gold nose ring, a pair of gold ear tops, a gold coin, a gold thread, three golden eyes and a silver lamp were offered to Devi Subhadra, the sources said.


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