RAJ KUMAR
Ranchi, Oct.13: The three-member geology committee that was formed to investigate the reason behind the heating of the historic Jagannathpur temple’s sanctum sanctorum (garbhagriha) floor found very little evidence of this and withheld its opinion until a further investigation had been conducted.
Lagatar24.com received a copy of the report from Director (geology) Vijay Kumar Ojha that was signed by all three members of the investigation committee: Geologist Sarvesh, Geologist Rishabh Prabhat, and Assistant Director (geology) Anima Xess.
According to the study, a little area which is getting heated is only 10 cm long and 10 cm wide at a distance of 1.5 m in front of idols, where puja has been performed for many years. The area is lukewarm, though, and touching it is not uncomfortable.
According to the study, the floor of the sanctum sanctorum is covered with pink granite tiles. The tiles’ composition is megascopically quartz, feldspar, and biotite, and in cases of excessive silica, slight temperature fluctuations are common.
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According to the study, heating was observed in only a 10×10 cm area and a full survey will only be necessary if the area and amount of temperature increase.
The team was established on Wednesday after a temple priest complained about the temperature of a portion of the floor based on his three-day observation. He claimed that ghee held in pots melts owing to the heat.
