Watch: A theft at a temple: Implications of the Ayodhya embezzlement case

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The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust managing the Ayodhya Ram Mandir is embroiled in a controversy involving embezzlement of large donations made by pilgrims. The scandal comes two years after the temple's consecration and has significant implications for temple administration and trust oversight.

After years of anticipation, with India’s apex court getting involved, the Ayodhya Ram Mandir was consecrated in January 2024, under The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. But more than two years on, the same trust is embroiled in a controversy, that crores of donations to the temple by pilgrims, have been embezzled. We look at what happened and the repurcussions of that event.