Digha Jagannath Temple drawing queries from foreign tourists: ISKCON

The newly-inaugurated Jagannath temple in West Bengal’s Puri is drawing queries from foreign tourists, mainly devotees of the ISKCON, leading to an expectation of their visit to the shrine.

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‘The Digha temple came as a blessing for foreigners who are not allowed to enter the famed 12th-century Jagannath shrine in Puri, said Radharamn Das, vice president of Kolkata ISKCON.

International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) is managing the Digha temple which isa replica of the Jagannath shrine in Puri in neighbour-ing Odisha.

“Lots of foreigners are coming from various countries. During the inaugura-tion of the temple, people of nearly 150 nationalities from across the world were in attendance,” Das, also the ISKCON Kolkata spokesperson, said.

He said that with many of these visitors sharing videos of the April 30 inauguration programme on social media, “we are flooded with queries from people of different countries.” Das said they sought information about stay options at Digha, an extremely popular tourist destination by the Bay of Bengal.

“There are good hotels for every budget at Digha, but there is always the possibility of more such facilities to come up as tourism is expected to boom after the temple was inaugurat-ed,” he said.