For the past several decades
“Thakurvari”, a Shiva temple located in Mahanadi Bajar, about 7km from
Kurseong town is in a dilapidated condition and it needs immediate
repair works. The temple has served as a favoured religious destination
for the people of Kurseong and other adjoining places for years. The
temple used to be maintained by the donation from these devotees and the
temple priests. But with the passage of time the donations have gone
down and the temple now stands almost like a ruin.
Thakurvari head priest Rameshwar Nath
Mishra informed the temple was last repaired in 1986 by a generous
devotees and resident of Kurseong Gulabchand Agarwal and Sitaram
Agarwal. However, such generosity has ceded and the little amount the
temple collects from offering and donation these days are not enough to
repair the temple.
The temple was also badly affected by
the earthquake of 2011. Priest Mishra and his family members have been
trying as much as possible from their side to maintain the temple but it
has been a herculean task for them with meagre resource to re-establish
the temple without concrete support from generous devotees.
The condition of the temple is in such
bad shape that it could give up anytime and in such a situation good
donations from any source would be a blessing in disguise. The temple
priests have urged the local people, well wishers and the government to
support them to repair the frail structure of the temple.(EOIC)