Ayodhya, July 12 -- Nripendra Misra, chairman of the Ram temple construction committee, on Saturday termed the donation theft at the Ayodhya Ram temple a "disgraceful blot" and said everyone feels "utterly humiliated" by the incident.

Misra arrived in Ayodhya on Friday for a two-day meeting of the construction committee. The meeting concluded on Saturday.

"This is a disgrace, and we all are not just apologetic but feeling humiliated and let down by it," Misra told the media on Saturday. He added that the matter is now squarely about temple management.

"This is now an issue about temple management, and the management would surely be improved to guard against a repeat of this alleged donation theft," he said.

Misra, who was among the fi...