Call to Keep Durga Pujas in West Bengal Vegetarian Kicks up a Storm
The advisory has drawn accusations of trying to impose vegetarianism on festivalgoers as more than 40,000 community pujas prepare for Durga Puja.
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'Let me live the way I want to': Bengal BJP chief rejects Bageshwar Baba's meat diktat
Shastri, popularly known as Bageshwar Baba, had urged people to give up non-vegetarian food during the festival and described those who continued eating it as "pakhandis" (heretics). Responding to the remarks, Bhattacharya said Bengalis would continue following their traditional food practices and stressed that an outsider could not decide what people in the state should eat or wear.
No non-veg near Durga Puja: Dhirendra Shastri's sermon raises Bengali Hindu storm
Days after the VHP issued an advisory to restrict non-vegetarian food near Durga Puja pandals, Bageshwar Dham chief Dhirendra Krishna Shastri delivered a similar sermon in West Bengal. Shastri's remarks triggered a storm among Bengali Hindus, including those who called themselves "Hindu nationalists".
Dhirendra Shastri’s call for Hindus to avoid ‘dirty’ non-veg food during Durga Puja sparks row
A row has erupted in West Bengal after Dhirendra Shastri, the head of the Bageshwar Dham temple, on Sunday said that Hindus must avoid eating non-vegetarian food during the Durga Puja festival and at pandals.Speaking at an event in Kolkata, Shastri said he does not like it when “dirty” non-vegetarian food is eaten during Durga Puja and at gatherings linked to the festivities.“I want the Hindus of Kolkata to awaken and boycott such people,” he sa…
‘Birinchi Baba back’: Call to shun non-veg at Durga Puja reminds Bengal of Satyajit Ray film
Internet abuzz with comparison as ‘Bageshwar Baba’ Dhirendra Krishna Shastri’s appeal adds fuel to controversy sparked by an apparent Vishwa Hindu Parishad ‘advisory’ issued on August 26
“Non-Veg Should Not Be Sold Near Durga Idols”: Dhirendra Shastri Calls for Boycott, VHP Says No Food Ban
Dhirendra Krishna Shastri also known as Bageshwar Dham Baba has stirred a new controversy and debate after objecting preparation of non-vegetarian food near Durga Puja pandals. While speaking at Hanuman Katha programme in Howrah, Dhirendra Shastri said the practice during Navratri
During a Hanuman Katha in Howrah, Dhirendra Shastri said that he disliked the way non-vegetarian and other types of food were prepared behind Durga Puja pandals. He appealed to the people of Bengal to boycott such places, saying that those who do so would be labeled hypocrites, not religious.
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