Servitors of the Puri Jagannath temple are protesting the use of 'dham' in the name of a newly-inaugurated Jagannath temple in West Bengal's Digha, apart from replicating rituals. Servitors ...

Odisha government plans to request West Bengal to stop referring to the Digha temple as "Jagannath Dham," sparking political disputes. Allegations of using Puri temple wood for Digha idols are ...

TMC leader Jay Prakash Majumdar said that any concerns regarding the temple should be addressed by the four Shankaracharyas and not politicians. After a huge political row erupted over the ...

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee offers prayer to Lord Jagannath at the newly inaugurated Jagannath Temple in Digha on April 30 (@MamataOfficial/PTI FILE) “Priests at Hindu temples are above ...

“We are indebted to Didi (West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee) for constructing the Jagannath temple in Digha. People can now travel within their own ...

The Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) of Puri has issued a show cause to a senior servitor over the alleged use of surplus sacred wood of the 12th-century shrine in crafting idols in a ...

Mamata Banerjee’s outreach to the Hindu community in the form of the mega Jagannath temple inauguration in the coastal town of Digha is clearly aimed at the 2026 Assembly election in West Bengal.

The Chief Servitor of the Puri Jagannath Temple has strongly criticised the West Bengal government's decision to declare the newly built Jagannath temple in Digha as "Jagannath Dham", calling it a ...

Ramkrishna Das Mohapatra, a senior sevayat (traditional priest) of the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, was on Sunday (May 11, 2025) suspended for 30 days following allegedly controversial remarks ...

At the centre of the row is the Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government's move to name the newly built temple in Digha as ...

Gajapati Dibyasingha Deba, the titular head of the Puri royal family and a key religious authority for the Shree Jagannath Temple, has strongly objected to the West Bengal government’s reference ...

BHUBANESWAR: Amidst a growing controversy, the Gajapati Maharaja of Puri, Dibyasingha Deb, has categorically stated that the newly built Jagannath temple in Digha, West Bengal, cannot be referred ...