Reacting to the row over naming the newly built 'Jagannath Digha' temple as 'Jagannath Dham', Odisha BJP President Manmohan Samal stated that there is clarity in everyone's mind that Jagannath Dham is in Puri and it was wrong to name Digha temple as Dham.
In the wake of protests over the newly inaugurated Jagannath Temple in Digha being called Jagannath Dham, the word Dham was replaced with temple in the signboards.
"We all Daitapatis and our community are hurt since this controversy has erupted. Since the time we have started our worship and whatever we have heard from our ancestors or whatever written in our puranas and skands (holy books), there are only 4 dhaams, that is Raameshwaram, Badrinath, Dw