Covid: Ram Temple trust head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tests positive in Mathura

Ram Temple trust head, Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, has tested positive for Covid-19.

Das is the chief of Ayodhya's Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust.

80-year-old Das is currently in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has taken detailed information on the health condition of Das.

He has spoken to Mathura DM and Dr Trehan of Medanta hospital.

Adityanath has also requested for immediate medical attention to Das at the facility.

Das had recently shared dais with PM Modi and other VIPs at Ram Temple's groundbreaking ceremony.

He was among the people on the stage at the ceremony in Ayodhya on August 5.

Other VIPs included CM Adityanath, UP Governor Anandiben Patel and RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat.

PM Modi had participated in bhoomi pujan and laid the foundation stone of Ram Temple.

The construction of Ram Temple, which is being overseen by Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust, has begun nine months after the Supreme Court verdict.