The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, formed on the Supreme Court’s orders, estimated an expenditure of Rs 1,800 crore for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
The members of the trust held a meeting at the Faizabad Circuit House in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
The expenditure estimate is based on a report filed by experts, said the members of the trust.
The general secretary of the trust, Champat Rai, said that after a long discussion with suggestions from everyone concerned, the rules and bye-laws of the trust were finalised at the meeting.
The trust members also unanimously decided to make space for idols of prominent Hindu seers and the main characters of the Ramayana in the temple complex.
Rai said 14 of the 15 trust members attended the meeting.
Construction committee chairman Nripendra Mishra, trust chairman Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, treasurer Govind Dev Giri, member Udupi Peethadheeshwar Vishwatirtha Prasannacharya, Anil Mishra, Mahant Dinendra Das, Kameshwar Chaupal and ex-officio member District Magistrate Nitish Kumar were among those who were present physically. Keshav Parasharan, Yugpurush Parmanand, Vimalendra Mohan Pratap Mishra and ex-officio member state Principal Secretary, Home, Sanjay Kumar participated in the meeting virtually.
The construction of the temple is expected to be completed by December 2023 and Lord Ram is expected to be seated in the sanctum sanctorum by the Makar Sankranti festival in January 2024, Rai said.