The Ramanandi sect follows an egalitarian ideology. It is one of the largest sects of Hindus. The beginning of this sect is believed to be with Lord Shri Ram himself.
Kameshwar Chaupal, a member of 'Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra' Trust said that no chief priest had been appointed for the Shri Ramjanmabhoomi temple in Ayodhya. He told OpIndia that Satyendra Das is the priest of the Ram temple and that no new priest has been appointed.
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
Uddhav Thackeray claimed that a "Godhra-like" incident could occur during the "return journey" of the large number of devotees expected to converge in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, for the inauguration of the Ram Temple