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Jagannath Dham is in Puri, wrong to name Digha temple as Dham: Odisha BJP
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks 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 : 10 months, 3 weeks 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 : 10 months, 3 weeks 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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Puri Gajapati opposes usage of 'Jagannath Dham' for Digha Temple
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks 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 : 10 months, 3 weeks 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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Odisha Law Minister urges Jagannath Temple administration to conduct inter
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks 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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"Political stunt": Puri Jagannath Temple's Chief Servitor slams Bengal gov
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
"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
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"No other place can be called Jagannath Dham": BJP MP Sambit Patra on Digh
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
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
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"Started an internal investigation," Odisha Minister Prithviraj Harichanda
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
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."
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Puri senior Daitapati welcomes Digha Jagannath Temple, urges restraint ove
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
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.
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BJP MP Pradip Purohit criticises naming of Jagannath temple in West Bengal
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
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."
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Odisha Minister writes to Jagannath Temple Chief over naming of Digha Temp
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
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,
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