Puri, May 4 -- Renowned sand artist and Padma Shri awardee Sudarshan Pattnaik on Sunday objected to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's announcement declaring newly constructed Jagannath temple in Digha as "Jagannath Dham," saying the move is misleading and hurts the sentiments of millions of devotees of Lord Jagannath.

Speaking to ANI, Pattnaik welcomed the construction of a Jagannath temple in Digha but opposed branding the coastal town as a Dham equivalent to Puri, which is revered as one of the four Char Dhams.

"It is a very good thing that a temple of Lord Jagannath is built in Digha. But WB CM Mamata Banerjee announced that Digha is a Jagannath Dham, which is absolutely wrong. This hurts the sentiments of Hindus. There ar...