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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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Thrissur Pooram, Kerala's grand festival begins with devotees thronging te
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The thirty-six-hour-long Thrissur Pooram is underway with fast beats of percussion instruments, conches blowing, and devotees thronging at Thekkinkadu Maidan. The Pooram, known as the mother of all 'Poorams', officially kicked off on Monday night as Neythalakavilamma made her majestic ent
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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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Chinese Communist Party subsidises Taiwanese temple pilgrimages to Ch
Updated : 1 year ago IST
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is providing financial support to templegoers in Taiwan and subsidising trips for them to visit China, as stated by a Taiwanese intelligence official, according to a report by Taipei Times.
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Swami Govind Dev Giri calls Swami Avimukteshwaranand a "fake Shankarachary
Updated : 1 year ago IST
Swami Govind Dev Giri Maharaj on Sunday launched a scathing attack on Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, branding him a "fake Shankaracharya" and accusing him of aligning with political interests by repeatedly criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Taiwan alleges CCP funding religious trips to China as 'united front' tact
Updated : 1 year ago IST
A Taiwanese intelligence official revealed that the Chinese Communist Party is funding trips for Taiwanese temple-goers to attend religious and cultural events in China, offering financial incentives to local organisers as part of united front efforts to deepen cross-strait influence.
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