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Shankaracharya backs Puri temple as only Jagannath Dham
The Statesman Siliguri
|May 13, 2025
A post by Shankaracharya Swami Nishchalananda Saraswati has stirred a fresh wave of political criticism in West Bengal, with BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya taking aim at chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
The controversy is around the newly-built Jagannath temple at Digha, which has been drawing massive crowds daily since its inauguration. From the beginning, the BJP opposed the construction of the temple with government expenditure. Now, with Shankaracharya's subtle yet pointed tweet — seen by many as a veiled critique of the West Bengal government — the party has found new fuel for its argument. The tweet may not name Digha, but it doesn't need to.
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