Unusual episode at Ram Mandir: Devotee from Chennai with ₹ 3 in bank gave check for ₹ 4 cr but donated ₹ 10,000 separately | Today’s news
Ayodhya Ram Mandir, which will get its first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on Wednesday, recently experienced a bizarre incident when ₹4 million check donated by a Chennai woman bounced after bank authorities revealed that her account had only ₹3.
The woman handed over a check to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, but when it was found that the required funds were not in her bank account, the bank decided to issue a notice seeking an explanation as to why it had issued a check of such a high value when her account had only ₹3.
Interestingly, the woman contributed independently ₹10,000 to Ram Mandir.
According to reports, the woman, who is based in Coimbatore, wanted ₹4 crore she claimed to have donated to be used for the benefit of the temple workers.
No such assurance was given to her by the Trust who are now trying to resolve the matter by discussing the same with the woman.
During the 2020 campaign launched to raise funds for the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, which was called the Nidhi Samarpan Abhiyan, ₹3,500 were chosen within 45 days.
A number of checks received by the Trust then bounced due to technicalities, as reported by India Today.
Later, most of the checks that bounced were re-deposited, after which the amount was recovered. However, ₹22 million are still awaiting recovery, the publication said.
The Ayodhya Ram temple is said to receive ₹3 to ₹4 million every month in the form of cash donations, checks and online transfers.
The Ram Janmabhoomi Trust will decide on the first CEO today
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust will meet on Wednesday to decide on the appointment of the first Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, Trust member Mahant Dinendra Das Maharaj said.
“The meeting will start at 2 pm. The decision taken in the meeting will be approved by all the members of the Trust,” Mahant Das Maharaj told ANI.
On the appointment timeline, Swami Govind Dev Giri Ji Maharaj, the Trust’s treasurer, said, “This news will be taken up in the Trust meeting. I expect that (announcing the name of Ram Temple’s first CEO) should happen, but the Trust will decide whether to announce the name immediately or not.”
