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"Not right to call this temple as 'Dham'": Shankaracharya Avimukteshwarana
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Shankaracharya Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati on Tuesday spoke about the naming of the newly built Digha temple as 'Jagannath Dham and stated that a 'Dham' can only be in one place, and it would not be right to call this temple as 'Dham'.
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"Writing Dham does not make it a Dham," says historian Anil Dhir on Jagann
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Historian Anil Dhir has downplayed the controversy surrounding the newly constructed Jagannath temple in Digha, calling it an issue that is being unnecessarily exaggerated and clarified calling a place a 'Dham' does not grant it religious status equivalent to the traditional four Dhams.
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Jagannath Dham is in Puri, wrong to name Digha temple as Dham: Odisha BJP
Updated : 1 year ago IST
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.
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CM Mamata removed word Dham from Digha temple, this is victory of Lord Jag
Updated : 1 year ago IST
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.
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"CM Mamata must clarify, this is Jagannath Temple, not Jagannath Dham," sa
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Padma Shri awardee Sudarsan Pattnaik has objected to naming a newly built Jagannath temple in Digha as 'Jagannath Dham,' saying it undermines the sanctity of Puri's Jagannath Dham and called on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to clarify the state's stand.
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"An insult to Maha Prabhu, sanatanis will not tolerate": BJP's Suvendu Adh
Updated : 1 year ago IST
"This is not a Jagannath temple but a cultural centre, do not spread false info. It (Digha temple) has been built with government money, Rs 250 crore, look at the tender, work orders. It is clear in those that it not a temple but a cultural centre. It is an insult to Maha Prabhu, I am also a
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Puri Gajapati opposes usage of 'Jagannath Dham' for Digha Temple
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The erstwhile king of Puri, Gajapati Dibyasingha Deba has expressed his opposition to the term "Shree Jagannath Temple" usage for the temple located in Digha.
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"Why is there so much anger?": Mamata Banerjee on Digha Jagannath Temple c
Updated : 1 year ago IST
This comes after West Bengal government, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, referred to the Digha temple as "Jagannath Dham," a term traditionally reserved for the 12th-century Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha.
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Murshidabad violence was well planned, Bengal will not tolerate people who
Updated : 1 year ago IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday claimed that the Murshidabad violence was orchestrated, well planned. She hit out at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and said that West Bengal would not tolerate such people who will instigate riots.
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I could have gone to Murshidabad earlier but wanted normalcy to return: CM
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Following criticism by the BJP over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's scheduled visit to Murshidabad and calling it a delayed response, the Chief Minister said that she could have gone earlier but she wanted peace to return in the violence hit area.
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Odisha Law Minister urges Jagannath Temple administration to conduct inter
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Sunday said that the participation of Jagannath Puri Temple servitors in the consecration ceremony of Digha Jagannath Temple has become an "emotional and sentimental thing" for all devotees of Lord Jagannath.
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"Unnecessary controversy by West Bengal government": BJD Vice President Pr
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Vice President Prasanna Acharya on Sunday objected to the West Bengal government calling the newly inaugurated Jagannath temple in Digha a 'dham' and said that they are "unnecessarily" creating a controversy.
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