A total expenditure of Rs 2,150 crore has been incurred by Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra till date in the ongoing construction work of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya in the last five years following the trust was constituted on February 5, 2020.
On Sunday, a meeting of the Trust’s Board of Trustees was held at Mani Ram Das Chhavni in Ayodhya in which out of 15 members, 12 were present. While four of them joined online but two could not attend and another member Kameshwar Kameshwar Chaupal died on February 7 2025.
Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, Trust’s chairman presided over the meeting. In the meeting it was decided that there will be no chief priest of the Ram Mandir. The head priest of Ram Lalla Acharya Satyendra Das died on February 12, 2025.
Champat Rai, the general secretary of the Trust, stated in the last five years the Trust paid ₹396 crore to several government agencies. Rai added, ‘Out of this amount, Rs 272 crore was paid as GST to the government’.
The Trust has received 944 kg of silver from devotees in the last five years which is around 92 % pure. The Minting Corporation, a government of India body, has minted silver into 20 kg silver bricks.
Rai said, “The Trust has received these silver bricks which have been kept in bank lockers”. On the occasion, Rai also informed that 96 % of construction work of Ram Mandir is over. On this Ram Navami on April 6, Sun rays will illuminate Ram Lalla at 12:00 noon for around four minutes.
Public broadcaster ‘Doordarshan’ will broadcast live the Surya Tilak event and 50 LCD screens will be put up across Ayodhya for locals to view the spectacle.
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