Digha/Kolkata: The new Jagannath temple in Digha would open its doors on April 30 next year, CM Mamata Banerjee announced on Wednesday, adding that she would attend the first Rath Yatra that would also begin from Digha in 2025.

Amid BJP stir over alleged attacks on Hindus and ISKCON members in Bangladesh, TMC chief also inducts ISKCON leader in the temple's board of trustees.

The decision to inaugurate the temple a year before the crucial 2026 Assembly polls has opened a war of words between the BJP and the Trinamool Congress with Nandigram MLA Suvendu Adhikari saying that

Kolkata: CM Mamata Banerjee has said the Jagannath Temple in Digha, which will be inaugurated on the occasion of Akshaya Tritiya on April 30 next year.

BJP and TMC are at odds over a ₹250-crore Jagannath Temple in Digha. BJP criticizes the project as a misuse of public funds, while TMC claims it’s a unique cultural initiative.

The chief minister initiated the project to garner support of the Hindu community after the Ram temple in Ayodhya was inaugurated, claimed the BJP.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday incorporated Kolkata's ISKCON chief in the board of trustees of a Jagannath temple at the coastal town of Digha, one of her most ambitious religious projects of current times.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee visited the site of an upcoming Jagannath temple at Digha in Purba Medinipur to review its construction. She informed that the temple, inspired by Puri’s Jagannath temple, would be inaugurated on April 30, 2025.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday incorporated Kolkata’s ISKCON chief in the board of trustees of a Jagannath temple at the coastal town of Digha, one of her most ambitious religio