Tarakeswar, June 17 -- The iconic 18th century Tarakeswar Shiva temple is being daubed in saffron ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to celebrate the West Bengal Foundation Day celebrations on June 20.
Modi is scheduled to perform rituals at the temple's sanctum sanctorum and later address a public rally in this rural pocket of Hooghly district during his first visit to the state after the BJP government assumed office last month.
Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, who visited the temple on June 2, announced,"The new West Bengal government would change the temple's colour scheme," and described saffron as a symbol of spirituality."The temple was painted blue and white, former chief minister Mamata Banerjee's signature colour sche...