Renowned sand artist and Padma Shri awardee Sudarshan Pattnaik on Sunday objected to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement declaring newly constructed Jagannath temple in Digha as "Jagannath Dham," saying the move is misleading and hurts the sentiments of millions of devo
Amid the escalating controversy over the newly inaugurated Jagannath Temple in West Bengal's Digha, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Jay Prakash Majumdar sharply criticised the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for questioning the temple's establishment, accusing the party of hypocrisy in its 'Hin
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Saturday extended a warm welcome to devotees as the portals of the revered Badrinath temple reopened for pilgrims on Sunday.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sambit Patra on Saturday objected to the West Bengal government naming a newly constructed Jagannath temple in Digha as "Jagannath Dham." He argued that it is impossible to call any other place Jagannath Dham because there is only one in the world, located in
Odisha Minister Prithviraj Harichandan on Saturday claimed that the West Bengal government is creating confusion by naming a newly constructed Jagannath temple in Digha as "Jagannath Dham."
Senior Daitapati servitor (sevayat) of the Puri Jagannath Temple, Ramakrishna Das Mahapatra, has welcomed the construction of the newly inaugurated Jagannath Temple in Digha, West Bengal, and appealed for restraint in stirring controversy over its naming.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Dilip Ghosh on Saturday criticised West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for naming the newly built temple in Digha as 'Jagannath Dham', accusing her of stirring unnecessary controversies.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Pradip Purohit has raised objections to the naming of a newly constructed Jagannath temple in West Bengal's Digha as "Jagannath Dham."
Odisha Minister Prithviraj Harichandan has written a letter to the Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple, Arabinda Kumar Padhee to conduct an internal inquiry into the naming of Digha Temple as 'Jagannath Dham', the participation of Puri Temple sevayats in the consecration ceremony,
BJP MP Jagadish Shettar criticized Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah's remarks on price hikes, accusing him of making false allegations to counter the BJP's 'Jan Akrosh Rally', which Shettar claimed was successful due to public discontent with the government.
BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar criticised party leader Dilip Ghosh for meeting Mamata Banerjee, saying it hurt public sentiment amid alleged atrocities in West Bengal. He said Ghosh should have instead raised concerns or limited his visit to religious purposes.
"Pakistan deliberately sent infiltrators to harm India. Their intentions are not being fulfilled so they (Pakistan) are not ready to take them back. Pakistan is planning to send them here and commit crimes and explosions but this will not work in India", Jagannath Sarkar told ANI.