Tirupati or Ajmer: What will the Ayodhya Ram temple trust look like?

Heavily politicised trusts of shrines like Tirupati and Shirdi are controlled by state governments, while Ajmer Sharif Dargah is under the Centre's command

With the Home Ministry actively deliberating on setting up a Ram temple trust for the construction of the temple in Ayodhya, there are questions on the organisational structure, functions and powers that will be vested in such an entity. Home Minister Amit Shah had earlier clarified that no Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member would be part of the trust and the government wouldn't fund it.

There are several temple and religious trusts in the country that are under the control of both, state and Central governments. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) trust, which manages the Tirupati temple, the second richest