India, May 3 -- A Jagannath temple in Digha has ignited a political and religious controversy between Bengal and Odisha.

KOLKATA: A newly inaugurated Jagannath temple in Digha, West Bengal, built with government funds and with the active patronage of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has sparked a major controversy between the neighbouring eastern states of Odisha and West Bengal. At the heart of the dispute is Banerjee's decision to call the temple "Jagannath Dham," a title traditionally and scripturally exclusive to the historic 12th-century Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha-one of Hinduism's most sacred pilgrimage sites. The Digha Jagannath Temple is a replica of the world-famous shrine in Puri and was inaugurated with much fanfare by Ba...