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A fresh legal battle has erupted over the use of the term 'Dham' for the newly inaugurated Jagannath temple in West Bengal's Digha, with the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) filing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) before the Calcutta High Court.
The division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Smita Das admitted the plea on Wednesday, and a hearing is expected later this week.
The VHP's petition centres on the religious significance historically associated with the word 'Dham', which in Hindu tradition refers exclusively to the four sacred pilgrimage sites of Badrinath, Rameswaram, Dwarka, and Puri.
The VHP contends that granting the ...