Ram temple trust to have office in Delhi's Greater Kailash

The newly formed trust for the construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, will have its office in the national capital's Greater Kailash locality, a notification from the Union Home Ministry said.

New Delhi:The Union home ministry on Wednesday said the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra, the newly-created trust for the construction of a Ram temple in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, will have its office in Delhi's Greater Kailash locality.

In a notification, the ministry also said the Uttar Pradesh government had already issued the allotment letter of a five-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for construction of a mosque, as directed by the Supreme Court.

A trust named "Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra" was registered with its registered office at R-20, Greater Kailash Part-1, New Delhi 110048, the notification said.

The property belongs to Senior advocate K Parasaran, who represented Ram Lalla Virajman in the title suit.

Sources in the Home Ministry said that notification regarding the members of the Ram Temple Trust will be released latest by Wednesday night and no political person will be the member of this trust.

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Lok Sabha that the Union cabinet had given its approval for the constitution of a trust for the construction of the Ram temple.

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Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the trust will have 15 members, including one from the Dalit community.

Addressing the Lok Sabha earlier today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated that 67.7 acres of land have been handed over to the trust.

"After the verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi issue came out, the people of India displayed remarkable faith in democratic processes and procedures. I salute the 130 crore people of India," he added.

(With inputs from PTI)