ayodhya: ayodhya district administration on sunday assured a delegation of saints and mahant to shift two carved stones from dashrath mahal temple to a safe place. the stones were kept in the dashrath mahal on march 15 after being received at digamber akhara. the delegation was led by the head of dashrath mahal mahant devendra prasad acharya and included former bjp mp mahant vishwanath das shastri, mahant kaushal kishore sharan das and mahant ram milan das among others.
mahant devendra prasad acharya told reporters here that district magistrate b p mishra gave them a patient hearing. senior authorities in the state and central government had been apprised of the situation and a suitable decision would be taken in a week’s time, he said. mahant devendra prasad acharya had earlier written to district magistrate that two ‘shilas’ were kept at the dashrath mahal temple on march 15 without his consent and urged him to shift them to some safe place.