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Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra
श्री राम जन्म-भूमि तीर्थ क्षेत्र
AbbreviationSRJBTK
Formation5 February 2020;4 years ago (2020-02-05)
TypeTrust
PurposeConstruction and management of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya
HeadquartersR-20, Greater Kailash Part -1, New Delhi, India
Location
Region
Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India
Members
15 [1] [2]
Chairman
 Mahant Nrityagopal Das
General Secretary
 Champat Rai
Website srjbtkshetra.org [3]

Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra is a trust set up for the construction and management of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya by the Government of India in February 2020. [4] The trust is composed of 15 trustees. [5] [6]

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This trust organized Prana Pratishtha on 22 January 2024. [7]

History

It was created as per the verdict of the Supreme Court on the M Siddiq(D) Thr Lrs v/s Mahant Suresh Das & Ors case . The court directed the central government to set up a trust to oversee and manage the construction of the temple within three months of the judgement. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the formation of the trust in the Lok Sabha on 5 February 2020. [8]

The trust was awarded the disputed 2.77-acre land as well as the 67.703-acre land acquired under the Acquisition of Certain Area at Ayodhya Act, 1993 following the Supreme Court verdict in this regard. [9]

The central government nominated the 12 of 15 members of the trust. Kesava Parasaran, the former Attorney General who represented Shri Ram Lalla Virajmaan in the Ayodhya case, was made the acting chairman. [10] On 19 February 2020, the trust nominated the rest of its members and elected Mahant Nrityagopal Das as the chairman. [11]

The senior trustees had signed an agreement with C.B. Sompura in 1992 for architecture design services was revalidated with additional provisions. In November 2020, the trust appointed Larsen & Toubro as the design & build contractor and Tata Consulting Engineers as the project manager consultant for the construction of the temple. In February 2020, further contracts were signed with Tata Consulting Engineers and Design Associates Inc. for the development of the 67-acre temple complex. [12]

Composition of trustees

The trust will have 15 members, of which 9 are permanent and 6 are nominated members with each member must be a practicing Hindu. [13]

Permanent members:

Nominated members:

The temple trust set up by the government was initially headed by Parasaran was tasked to nominate the remaining three members. On 19 February 2020, the first meeting of trust held at the residence of Parasaran, elected Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas' chief, Mahant Nrityagopal Das Ji Maharaj as the Chairman and VHP vice-president, Champat Rai as the General Secretary. [14] [15] Both of them were elected unanimously to the trust. Former IAS officer and Principal Secretary, Nripendra Mishra was nominated as the Chairman of the construction committee. [16] Currently, Swami Govind Dev Giri Ji Maharaj is the Treasurer and K. Parasaran is the Senior Spokesperson of the trust. [17]

Of 15, only 11 trustees have voting rights. The two officers appointed by the state and central government, district collector of Ayodhya and the representative of Nirmohi Akhara will not have any voting rights in the proceedings of the trust. [18]

List of chairpersons

S. No.PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTermBackground
Acting K. Parasaran 5 February 202019 February 202014 daysFormer Attorney General of India
1 The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi with Mahant Nrityagopal Das at the foundation stone laying ceremony of 'Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir', in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on August 05, 2020 (cropped).jpg Nritya Gopal Das 20 February 2020Incumbent4 years, 252 daysChief of ram ji ki jay

Chief of Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan

Chief of Mani Ram Das ki Chavani

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