Kolkata, Feb. 20 -- West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for referring to Bengal's spiritual icon Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, revered as an incarnation of God, as "Swami" on his birth anniversary. In a post on X, the PM wrote: "On the birth anniversary of Swami Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, I offer my respectful tributes. The way he established spirituality and devotion as a life force will continue to uplift humanity in every era. His noble thoughts and teachings will forever remain a source of inspiration." Banerjee reacted sharply in a detailed post. She wrote: "Shocked again! Yet again, our Prime Minister displays his cultural insensitivity to Bengal's great figures. Today is the janmatithi of Yugavatara (God's incarnation in our age) Sri Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsadeva. While attempting to pay tribute, the PM added an unprecedented and improper prefix to the saint's name, 'Swami'." "As is well known, Sri Ramakrishna was widely revered as Thakur (literally, God). After his passing, his ascetic disciples formed the Ramakrishna Math and the Ramakrishna Mission, and those monks were addressed as 'Swami' as per Indian tradition," she added. "I urge the PM not to attach new prefixes or suffixes to the great Renaissance figures of Bengal," she wrote. The state BJP defended the PM. "In the rest of India, major spiritual icons are addressed as Swami Ji," Bengal BJP chief spokesperson Debjit Sarkar told the media....