Ram Mandir News: Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai on Monday estimated that the ongoing construction work in the temple complex built on the birthplace of Lord Ram in Ayodhya would deposit about Rs 400 crore in the government treasury as Goods and Services Tax (GST).

Rai said, "I estimate that the government will get around Rs 400 crore in the form of GST in the construction of Ram temple. However, the government will be able to tell the actual figure of this tax collection only after the construction work is completed."

He said that a total of 18 temples are to be built in the Ram Mandir complex being developed on 70 acres, which also include temples of Maharishi Valmiki, Shabari and Tulsidas.

Rai said that not even a single rupee will be reduced in the taxes received by the government for the construction of Ram temple and "100 percent tax" will be paid.

He emphasized that the Ram temple in Ayodhya is being built with the cooperation of the common people of the society. Rai said that such arrangements have been made in this religious city of Uttar Pradesh that no person will face any problem even if two lakh devotees come every day.

Champat Rai is also the international vice president of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad. He said that who knows how many people, their families and relatives must have suffered in the movement to build a temple on Ram Janmabhoomi in Ayodhya.

Rai said, "This yagya (movement) is no less than the 1,000-year-old struggle for freedom. Whatever sufferings and sacrifices were made there, the same has happened in this yagya of Ram Janmabhoomi Mukti. This (movement) has happened for public welfare."

Rai had gone to Bakwa village in Madhya Pradesh's Khargone district on Sunday to finalise the Shivalinga for the Shiva temple to be built inside the Ram temple complex in Ayodhya .

He said he had gone to Bakawa with an architect on the suggestion of an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer.

Situated on the banks of the Narmada river, this village is famous for making beautiful Shivlingas. The Shivlingas made in every house of this village are installed in temples across the country and abroad.