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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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"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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"No other place can be called Jagannath Dham": BJP MP Sambit Patra on Digh
Updated : 1 year 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 : 1 year 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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Naqvi accuses Kejriwal of using power to take political revenge
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi slammed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)-led Delhi government over BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga's arrest and accused the Kejriwal government of using power to 'avenge political prejudice'.
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Kerala HC disposes of suo moto case on 'washing Brahmins feet' at Kochi te
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], April 1 (ANI): The Kerala High Court has disposed of a sou motu proceeding based on a news report which claimed that the devotees are made to wash the feet of 12 Brahmins as part of 'Panthrandu Namaskaram' in Sree Poornathrayeesa Temple of Kochi.
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Karnataka govt silent on curbs on Muslim traders in temple fairs, alleges
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 24 (ANI): With banners announcing curbs on Muslim traders to put up stalls at the annual fair of 'Bappanaadu Durgaparameshwari Temple' near Mangaluru, Karnataka Congress leader UT Khadar on Wednesday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led state gove
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Issue of barring Muslim vendors near Temple in Karnataka to be resolved so
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kalaburagi (Karnataka) [India], March 24 (ANI): Karnataka State Minorities Commission chairman Abdul Azeem on Wednesday said that talks are being held in connection with the Udupi temple's decision to not allow non-Hindus to put up shops in the temple's annual fair.
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BJP, PM Modi chanting 'Ram Ram' for elections: Yechury
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov 30 (ANI): Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) over Ram temple controversy, Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Friday said that whenever the elections are
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Smriti Irani corners Rahul Gandhi on 'Hindu' remark
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Anand (Gujarat) [India], Dec. 1 (ANI): Union Minister Smriti Irani on Friday hit out at Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi and said the latter is doing politics over religion as his party has nothing to say on the lines of development.
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'Amit Shah calls himself a Hindu, but he is a Jain'
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Surat (Gujarat) [India], December 1 (ANI): A day after Rahul Gandhi broke his silence on Somnath Temple controversy and termed his family as devotee of Lord Shiva, the Congress party launched an attack on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief and said that Amit Shah calls himself Hindu, but he
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Maurya takes U-turn on Ram Temple controversy, seeks to expose corrupt Akh
Updated : 8 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 25 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Keshav Prasad Maurya on Wednesday took a u-turn on his earlier statement on the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya saying his statement has been misinterpreted and misconstrued.
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