Updated On: 30 July, 2020 03:18 PM IST | Ayodhya | IANS
Trust sources said that the bhoomi pujan ceremony for the Ram temple will go ahead as planned, maintaining all the safety rules for COVID-19

Workers clean Ram Ki Pauri ahead of the foundation laying ceremony of Ram temple, in Ayodhya. Picture/ PTI
Acharya Pradeep Das, the assistant to the chief priest of the Ram Janmabhoomi temple, said that he has tested positive for coronavirus.
Besides, 16 policemen on duty at Ayodhya, where the 'bhoomi pujan' ceremony for the Ram temple is scheduled to be held on August 5, have also tested positive for COVID-19.