Archive · 2 Sep 2026
Ram Temple Trust Adds Three Members, Plans New CEO Role
The group managing the Ram Temple is changing how it works.
A new chief executive officer, or CEO, will manage daily operations and money matters.
This responsibility will no longer belong mainly to the trust chief.
The trust has not yet decided who the CEO will be.
It will make that decision later.
Three people have been added to the trust.
They are Madan Mohan Pandey, Mahesh Bhagchandka and Nirmala Yadav.
These changes began after a dispute over alleged temple donation theft became public.
The Ram Temple trust has begun structural changes to its management system.
A chief executive officer will handle management and financial affairs instead of the trust chief.
The CEO’s appointment will be decided at a later date.
Three new members have joined the trust to strengthen its structure.
The additions are Madan Mohan Pandey, Mahesh Bhagchandka and Nirmala Yadav.
- Who
- The Ram Temple trust, along with newly appointed members Madan Mohan Pandey, Mahesh Bhagchandka and Nirmala Yadav.
- What
- The trust is adding three members and creating a CEO-led system for management and financial affairs.
- When
- The changes began a few months after the donation theft surfaced; the exact date is not specified.
- Where
- The trust manages the Ram Temple in Ayodhya; the new members are from Ayodhya, Delhi and Shikohabad.
- Why
- The structural changes are intended to make the trust more robust and follow the emergence of concerns over donation theft.
- Institution
- The trust managing the Ram Temple
- Management change
- A chief executive officer will handle management and financial affairs
- CEO decision
- The CEO will be chosen at a later date
- New member
- Madan Mohan Pandey from Ayodhya
- New member
- Mahesh Bhagchandka from Delhi
- New member
- Nirmala Yadav from Shikohabad
- Context
- The changes followed the surfacing of an alleged Ram Temple donation theft