Four kilometres from Ayodhya’s Ram temple, a house has become somewhat of a legend in the last six years.
The white three-storied building in an upscale neighbourhood in Faizabad, the twin town of Ayodhya, stands out for an odd addition: an unpainted, cuboid protrudes awkwardly from its front. It is a long, vertical shaft constructed to hold a lift.
The house belongs to Anil Kumar Mishra, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader who is one of the trustees of the Ram Janmabhoomi Teertha Kshetra Trust, the body that built and now runs the Ram temple.
In 2021, the trust was accused of involvement in dubious land acquisitions that benefited middlemen linked to the Bharatiya Janata Party and the RSS. At the time, the house in Amaniganj locality became the centre of rumours and accusations.
“The great gentleman whom Prime Minister Modi appointed as a trustee and entrusted with the responsibility of building Lord Shri Ram's temple is busy building his own palatial home,” Aam Aadmi Party leader Sanjay Singh had then tweeted in a reference to Mishra’s house.
The lift was never installed. The house stands exactly as it was six years ago.
And once again, Mishra, 68, is at the centre of fresh allegations of theft of funds and donations at the temple.
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