86-year-old Vedic scholar Laxmikant Mathuranath Dixit will preside over the consecration ritual of the Ram Lalla idol at the Ram temple in Ayodhya on 22 January
The priest, identified as 72-year-old Maharaj Mohandas was found lying on the floor of his Ashram in Rasal village in Nagaur, Rajasthan, with his hands and legs tied and mouth gagged
A 70-year-old priest of a Shiv Mandir in Bihar's Vaishali district was killed by four boys who took offence to the bhajans which were being played in the Mandir