Ayodhya, July 23 -- The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust on Wednesday took a decisive step to place the religious life of the Ram temple directly in the hands of Ayodhya's traditional monastic community by reconstituting a new nine-member dharmik (religious) committee. The Trust also decided to revive a training institute for priests and make it permanent.

The nine-member religious committee includes five seers from Ayodhya and four members from outside.

"Therefore, it is now the responsibility of Ayodhya's sadhus and saints to oversee all religious arrangements of this temple - the entire worship, rituals and related work. There is no ambiguity in this now," said the Trust's treasurer Govind Dev Giri, who will chair the religi...