An Odisha government probe refuted claims that surplus wood from the Puri Jagannath temple was used for idols at the Digha shrine in Bengal. Officials attributed the controversy to a servitor's ...

Mohapatra had led a group of 60 servitors from Puri to attend the Digha temple’s inauguration on April 30. The inquiry gained momentum after Mohapatra, in an interview with a Bengali news channel, ...

Servitor served notice over ''use'' of Puri Jagannath temple sacred wood to make idols in Digha shrine The notice was issued to Daitapati Nijog secretary and senior servitor Ramakrushna ...

Mr. Dasmohapatra had allegedly used the Puri temple sacred wood, stored in 'Daru Gruha' (store room), to craft idols of Lord Balabhadra, Devi Subhadra and Lord Jagannath for the Digha shrine and ...

Bhubaneswar: An Odisha govt probe has dismissed allegations that surplus wood from Puri Jagannath Temple had been used to craft idols at the newly consecrated Jagannath shrine in Digha ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday rejected allegations that neem wood was stolen from the Puri Jagannath temple and used to make the idols for the one in Digha. Her statement came ...

The Odisha government on Monday (May 5, 2025) said surplus sacred timber used in sculpting the idols of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra was not sourced from the Puri Jagannath ...

A top servitor of the Odisha temple triggered the controversy when he told a Bengali TV channel that the idols for the Digha temple were made with surplus neem wood from the Puri shrine.

Bhubaneswar, May 5 (PTI) Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Monday said that according to an interim investigation report, no sacred wood from the Puri Jagannath temple was used to make ...