Union Minister Vijay Goel courted controversy after posting some photographs of the sanctum sanctorum of Odisha's Lord Lingaraj Temple on his Twitter page.
Although Goel withdrew the pictures -- taken in a restricted zone -- today, some ministers from the opposition parties demanded his resignation over the controversy.
The pictures were taken last year when Goel visited the temple and performed rituals inside the "Garva Griha" of the 11th-century shrine.
He posted the pictures yesterday on Twitter while wishing the people of Odisha on the occasion of Utkala Dibasa.
In his Twitter post, Goel wrote, "Greetings of #UtkalaDibasa to our brothers, sisters and friends from #Odisha! Some pictures of my trip to the majestic Lingaraja Temple in Bhubaneswar last year."
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