Fresh showcause to Puri servitor over Digha temple naming row
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Bhubaneswar: Shree
Jagannath Temple
Administration (SJTA), Puri, has issued a fresh show-cause notice to servitor
Ramakrushna Dasmohapatra
on Friday, demanding a written explanation within 48 hours on whether he had opposed the naming of Jagannath temple in Digha as 'Jagannath Dham' while attending its consecration ceremony on April 30.
"Despite being a senior servitor of the Lord, Dasmohapatra's participation in the self-named temple's establishment ceremony at Digha caused conflict among devotees regarding the traditions of the Puri Shri Mandir. It also hurt the religious sentiments of countless devotees of Shri Jagannath," the notice stated.SJTA authorities said the
showcause notice
demands an explanation whether he raised any objections to the organisers of the Digha Jagannath temple about the 'Jagannath Dham' nomenclature at the time of his participation.Officials said if a satisfactory explanation is not received from Dasmohapatra within two days, action will be taken according to the Shri Jagannath Temple Act, 1955."The notice mentions that images and videos of Dasmohapatra participating in the
Digha temple
ceremony and leading a group of servitors have been widely circulated..... Puri is the sacred and eternal seat of Lord Shri Jagannath. According to scriptural beliefs, Shri Jagannath Dham is one of the prominent holy sites among the four dhams of India," SJTA said.On May 4, SJTA issued a showcause notice to Dasmohapatra to clarify within seven days his controversial statement about facilitating creation of idols for the Digha temple using surplus neem wood from the Nabakalebara ritual of the Puri shrine.
His statement had caused a stir, leading to a govt investigation that subsequently disproved his claim. Repeated phone calls and messages to Dasmohapatra went unanswered.
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