It is a striking narrowing for a man who, only this month, spoke about the temple with full ownership. Earlier in June, as the row built, Mishra called the alleged irregularities deeply painful, warned that even a fraction of devotees’ money reaching individual hands would be a ‘loss of faith and face’ with devotees left feeling cheated, and went so far as to propose fixes – a Tirupati-style management model for the shrine, daily cash counting, and an independent CEO. He suggested a Tirupati Temple model, an independent CEO and daily cash counting to manage the Ram Mandir amid the donation controversy.
