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Mamata denies allegations of using leftover neem wood for idol carvings at Digha Jagannath Temple

Kolkata, May 5 (UNI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday dismissed the Odisha government's allegations that leftover timber intended for Puri’s Jagannath Dham Temple was used to carve deities for the Jagannath Temple in Digha, East Midnapore.

The reaction comes after Odisha’s Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan on Friday asked Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) chief administrator Arabinda Padhee to conduct an internal investigation into the alleged use of surplus wood from the Puri shrine for idol construction at the Jagannath temple complex in Digha, West Bengal.
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