GPR survey of Srimandir over ahead of schedule

PURI: The ground penetrating radar survey of Shree Jagannath Temple’s Ratna Bhandar, being conducted by CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (GPRI), Hyderabad concluded on Sunday.

GPR specialist Anand Pandey, who led the team of NGRI engineers and technocrats in conducting the survey said dimension wise (horizontal and vertical) pictures of the entire Ratna Bhandar including its floors and walls were taken using three GPR cameras of 200,400 and 900 MHz frequencies. The cameras penetrated 10 metre down the floor to take the photos which will be processed in a laboratory and synchronised into full images. The data will be analysed in seven phases and the report presented to the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) which will then submit it to Shree Jagannath Temple Administration for further action, Pandey said.