KOLKATA, June 9 -- West Bengal chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday said the state government will drop the word "dham" from the Jagannath temple complex constructed by Mamata Banerjee government in East Midnapore district's Digha, following a request from Odisha chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi.

Built on the architectural lines of the iconic 12th-century Jagannath Temple in Puri, the coastal temple complex was a flagship project of the previous Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, which inaugurated it in April 2025.

"A request came from Mohan Charan Majhi, chief minister of Odisha. I have accepted the letter which he sent through Sambit Patra, MP from Puri. I have held discussions with the International Society for Krishna Consc...