Archive · 23 Jul 2026
Ram Temple Trust shifts donation counting to SBI employees
The Ram Temple Trust in Ayodhya has decided to change how they count the money people donate.
Before, they had 36 people from a private agency do this job.
Now, they have removed all these people and will have employees from the State Bank of India (SBI) count the donations instead.
The Trust wants this to make sure the counting is more transparent and accountable.
The people who were removed say they were not given a clear reason and were not paid very much.
The Trust is also planning to replace other contractors in the temple to make sure everything is done properly.
The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has removed 36 staff members involved in counting donations.
The responsibility of counting donations has been transferred to regular SBI employees.
The Trust aims to increase transparency and accountability in the donation process.
The dismissed employees claim they were not given a clear reason for their removal and were not personally at fault.
The Trust is also planning to replace other contractors in the temple for better oversight.
- Who
- Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust and State Bank of India (SBI)
- What
- Shifted donation counting responsibility to SBI employees and removed 36 staff members
- When
- Recently, with initial removal of 23 employees and subsequent removal of 13 more
- Where
- Ram Temple in Ayodhya
- Why
- To increase transparency and accountability in the donation counting process
Trust's Decision
Dismissed Employees' Perspective
Reason for Removal
Trust's Decision
The Trust aims to increase transparency and accountability by having SBI employees handle donations.
Dismissed Employees' Perspective
The dismissed employees claim they were not given a clear reason for their removal and were not personally at fault.
Compensation
Trust's Decision
The private agency was paid approximately 26,000 rupees per employee.
Dismissed Employees' Perspective
The employees were paid only 15,000 rupees per month.
- Number of Employees Removed
- 36
- Bank Handling Donations
- State Bank of India (SBI)
- Initial Employees Relieved
- 23
- Remaining Employees Removed
- 13
- Agency Payment per Employee
- 26,000 rupees
- Employee Salary
- 15,000 rupees per month