TEDx and LinkedIn to gurukuls, social media: Meet Ram temple trust’s new ‘guidance’ panel

5 min readLucknowJul 25, 2026 04:25 PM IST Of the nine members announced by the trust at its July 22 meeting, five are already trustees, trust treasurer Swami Govind Dev Giri is the panel president, and one of the members is his close aide. (PTI file photo) Amid the ongoing donation controversy, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has turned to old and trusted names for the nine-member ‘Dharmik Committee’ set up to “guide” religious and spiritual activities at the Ayodhya Ram temple. The nine represent both the traditional and contemporary – from a saint who delivers TEDx talks and maintains a LinkedIn presence, to representatives of prominent ashrams and mutts in Ayodhya, to Vedic scholars, a yoga master and successors to leaders of the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, as well as those