Ayodhya Ram Temple can receive foreign donations as MHA grants FCRA approval
Contributions can be sent to a designated bank account of the trust in the SBI's main branch located in Delhi, Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra said.
The Union home ministry has granted approval to the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra to receive contributions from foreign sources for the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, the temple's trust said on Wednesday (October 18).
Such contributions can be sent to a designated bank account of the trust in the SBI's main branch located in Delhi, it said.
"Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra has been recognised by the FCRA Department of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India for receiving voluntary contributions under the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act 2010. Any voluntary contribution received from foreign sources will be accepted only at the Sansad Marg branch of the State Bank of India. Money sent to any other bank and any other branch of State Bank of India will not be accepted. Bank account details where foreign contribution is accepted: Account Holder: Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Branch: Sansad Marg Account Number: 42162875158 IFSC Code: SBIN0000691 SWIFT CODE: - SBININBB104," the Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra said in a post on X.
In a media statement issued separately, Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra's general secretary Champat Rai said, "The FCRA section of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the Government of India, has registered the trust 'Shri Ram Janmbhoomi Teerth Kshetra' to accept the voluntary contribution from the foreign sources."
"Kindly note that such contributions can be sent to only designated bank account …of the state Bank of India, Main Branch, situated at 11 Sansad Marg, New Delhi," he said.
The construction of the ground floor of the three-storey Ram temple in Ayodhya will be completed by December-end and the consecration ceremony is expected to take place on January 22, temple Construction Committee Chairperson Nripendra Mishra recently told PTI.
Mishra had also said Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to take part in an event related to the 'pran pratishtha' on any day between January 20 and 24. The final date is yet to be communicated by the Prime Minister's Office, he said.