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'Kohinoor' Belongs To Lord Jagannath - Odisha organization claims after Queen Elizabeth's demise

 

'Kohinoor' Belongs To Lord Jagannath - Odisha organization claims after Queen Elizabeth's demise






Shree Jagannath Sena, an outfit in Odisha, claims that Kohinoor Diamond belonged to Lord Jagannath. Seeks President Droupadi Murmu's intervention in ensuring that the United Kingdom 'returns' it to the famous Puri temple.

“The Kohinoor diamond belongs to lord Jagannath . It is now with the Queen of England. Kindly request our Prime Minister to take steps to bring it to India as Maharaja Ranjit Singh donated it to lord Jagannath in his will,” Jagannath Sena convenor Priya Darsan Pattnaik said in the memorandum.

Researcher Surya Narayan Rathasharma said the Odisha Government should take up the matter with the Centre for appropriate steps. Stating that King Charles III had visited Odisha and learnt a lot about its cultural heritage, Rathasharma said he should respond to the sentiments of the people of the state.

Researchers, historians and servitors of Shree Jagannath Temple also sought necessary steps to bring back the diamond. “Both Centre and Odisha government should make sincere efforts to reclaim Kohinoor from Britain,” said Madhab Mohapatra, member of Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee. He said he will also raise this important issue in the managing committee meeting.

Researcher Anil Dhir also said that there is ample documentary proof that Maharaja Ranjit Singh had donated the diamond to the Shree Jagannath temple before his death in 1839. “Just ten years after Ranjit Singh’s death, the British took away the diamond from his son, Duleep Singh, in 1849, even though they were fully aware of it being bequeathed to Lord Jagannath at Puri,” he said.

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