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			{{Short description\|Hindu temple chief (born 1938)}}
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	{{Infobox Hindu leader		{{Infobox Hindu leader
	\| name = Mahant Nritya Gopal Das		\| name = Mahant Nritya Gopal Das
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	\| guru = Mahant Ram Manohar Das		\| guru = Mahant Ram Manohar Das
	\| honors = *Spiritual successor of Shri Mani Ram Das Maharaj, 6th Mahant of Shri Mani Ram Das Chavni,		\| honors = *Spiritual successor of Shri Mani Ram Das Maharaj, 6th Mahant of Shri Mani Ram Das Chavni,
	*[[Bairagi (caste)\|Ramanandi (Bairagi) Saint]]~~<br>~~		*[[Bairagi (caste)\|Ramanandi (Bairagi) Saint]]
	*Chief, [[Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas]]		*Chief, [[Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas]]
	*Chairperson, [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]]		*Chairperson, [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]]
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	\| caption = Mahant Nritya Gopal Das during the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pooja		\| caption = Mahant Nritya Gopal Das during the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pooja
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	[[File:Narendra Modi unveiling the plaque to lay the foundation stone of Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on August 05, 2020. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath and other dignitaries are also seen.jpg\|thumb\|Nritya Gopal Das at the ceremony of unveiling the plaque to lay the foundation stone of Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on August ~~05,~~ 2020]]		[[File:Narendra Modi unveiling the plaque to lay the foundation stone of Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on August 05, 2020. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath and other dignitaries are also seen.jpg\|thumb\|Nritya Gopal Das at the ceremony of unveiling the plaque to lay the foundation stone of Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on 5 August 2020]]
	'''[[Mahant]] Nritya Gopal Das''' (b 1938) is the head of [[Ayodhya\|Ayodhya's]] largest temple, the ''Mani Ram Das Ki Chavani'', and the chief of the [[Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas]] and [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]], bodies formed to undertake the construction of the [[Ram Mandir, Ayodhya\|Ram Mandir in Ayodhya]]. He is also the head of the [[Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex\|Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan]].		'''[[Mahant]] Nritya Gopal Das''' (b 1938) is the head of [[Ayodhya\|Ayodhya's]] largest temple, the ''Mani Ram Das Ki Chavani'', and the chief of the [[Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas]] and [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]], bodies formed to undertake the construction of the [[Ram Mandir, Ayodhya\|Ram Mandir in Ayodhya]]. He is also the head of the [[Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex\|Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan]].<ref name="Live 2022 q183">{{cite web \| last=Live \| first=ABP \| title=महंत नृत्य गोपाल दास का हेल्थ बुलेटिन जारी, जानिए- अब कैसी है उनकी तबीयत \| website=hindi \| date=6 November 2022 \| url=https://www.abplive.com/states/up-uk/ayodhya-shri-ram-janmabhoomi-teerth-kshetra-chief-mahant-nritya-gopal-das-health-update-from-lucknow-medanta-hospital-2253208 \| language=hi \| access-date=24 November 2023}}</ref>

	== Background ==		== Background ==
	He was born in 1938 in [[Mathura district]], Uttar Pradesh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Uprety\|first=Ajay\|date=6 November 2019\|title=Who is Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, head of Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas\|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/11/06/who-is-mahant-nritya-gopal-das-head-of-ram-janmabhoomi-nyas.html\|access-date=2020-08-13\|website=The Week\|language=en\|publication-date=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Bakshi\|first=Gorky\|date=2020-02-20\|title=Ram Mandir Trust appoints Nritya Gopal Das as Chairman, Champat Rai as General Secretary\|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/ram-mandir-trust-appoints-nritya-gopal-das-as-chairman-champat-rai-as-general-secretary-1582174592-1\|access-date=2020-08-13\|website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref~~> After passing his class tenth exams in 1953 he took admission in a college in Mathura to study commerce, but soon left for Ayodhya when he was 12,<ref name=":1" /~~> before completing his studies. In Ayodhya, he became a disciple of Mahant Ram Manohar Das and graduated with a [[Shastri (degree)]] from Sanskrit University in [[Varanasi]]. In 1965, at the age of 27 he became a mahant, succeeding the sixth [[mahant]] of the Shri Mani Ram Das Chavni (Chhoti Chavani).<ref name=":0" /> The temple is one of the main religious and spiritual attractions of the city, and everyday Mahant Nritya Gopal Das meets hundreds of pilgrims. He is credited with the construction of temples including Ramayan Bhavan and Shri Char Dham temple. He runs the "Maniram Chhawni" where 500 sadhus stay.<ref name=":1" /> He has been actively associated with the Ram Janmabhoomi movement since 1984.<ref name=":1" /> He took over as the head of the [[Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas]] when [[Ramchandra ~~Das Paramhansa~~]] died in 2006 and he is currently the head of [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]].<ref name=":0" /> He was one of the accused in the [[Babri Masjid demolition]] case.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Outlook India Photo Gallery - Mahant Nritya Gopal Das\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/photos/people/mahant-nritya-gopal-das/6624?photo-139221\|access-date=2020-08-13\|website=Outlook India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Iyer\|first=Aishwarya S.\|date=2020-02-20\|title=2 Accused of Babri Masjid Demolition Now Part of Ram Mandir Trust\|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/nritya-gopal-das-champat-rai-ram-mandir-trust-babri-masjid-demolition\|access-date=2020-08-13\|website=TheQuint\|language=en}}</ref> He is also the head of the [[Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex\|Shri Krishna Janambhoomi Trust]].<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2020-08-13\|title=Coronavirus {{!}} Ram temple trust head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tests positive for COVID-19\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/coronavirus-ram-temple-trust-head-mahant-nritya-gopal-das-tests-positive-for-covid-19/article32342449.ece\|access-date=2020-08-13\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		He was born on 11 June 1938 in Kerhala village, [[Mathura district]], Uttar Pradesh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web\|last=Uprety\|first=Ajay\|date=6 November 2019\|title=Who is Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, head of Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas\|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/11/06/who-is-mahant-nritya-gopal-das-head-of-ram-janmabhoomi-nyas.html\|access-date=2020-08-13\|website=The Week\|language=en\|publication-date=16 December 2018}}</ref> After passing his class tenth exams in 1953 he took admission in a college in Mathura to study commerce, but soon left for Ayodhya when he was 12,<ref name=":1">{{Cite web\|last=Bakshi\|first=Gorky\|date=2020-02-20\|title=Ram Mandir Trust appoints Nritya Gopal Das as Chairman, Champat Rai as General Secretary\|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/ram-mandir-trust-appoints-nritya-gopal-das-as-chairman-champat-rai-as-general-secretary-1582174592-1\|access-date=2020-08-13\|website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref> before completing his studies. In Ayodhya, he became a disciple of Mahant Ram Manohar Das and graduated with a [[Shastri (degree)]] from Sanskrit University in [[Varanasi]]. In 1965, at the age of 27 he became a mahant, succeeding the sixth [[mahant]] of the Shri Mani Ram Das Chavni (Chhoti Chavani).<ref name=":0" /> The temple is one of the main religious and spiritual attractions of the city, and everyday Mahant Nritya Gopal Das meets hundreds of pilgrims. He is credited with the construction of temples including Ramayan Bhavan and Shri Char Dham temple. He runs the "Maniram Chhawni" where 500 sadhus stay.<ref name=":1" /> He has been actively associated with the Ram Janmabhoomi movement since 1984.<ref name=":1" /> He took over as the head of the [[Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas]] when [[Ramchandra Paramhans]] died in 2006 and he is currently the head of [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]].<ref name=":0" /> He was one of the accused in the [[Babri Masjid demolition]] case.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Outlook India Photo Gallery - Mahant Nritya Gopal Das\|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/photos/people/mahant-nritya-gopal-das/6624?photo-139221\|access-date=2020-08-13\|website=Outlook India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Iyer\|first=Aishwarya S.\|date=2020-02-20\|title=2 Accused of Babri Masjid Demolition Now Part of Ram Mandir Trust\|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/nritya-gopal-das-champat-rai-ram-mandir-trust-babri-masjid-demolition\|access-date=2020-08-13\|website=TheQuint\|language=en}}</ref> He is also the head of the [[Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex\|Shri Krishna Janambhoomi Trust]].<ref>{{Cite news\|date=2020-08-13\|title=Coronavirus {{!}} Ram temple trust head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tests positive for COVID-19\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/coronavirus-ram-temple-trust-head-mahant-nritya-gopal-das-tests-positive-for-covid-19/article32342449.ece\|access-date=2020-08-13\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

	[[Mark Tully]] narrates a meeting with Mahant Nritya Gopal Das in 1992 in his book ''India In Slow Motion:<ref name=":2">{{Cite book\|last=Tully\|first=Mark\|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmgQ3mcKL9wC~~&pg=PT34~~&dq=Nritya+Gopal+Das#q=~~Nritya%20Gopal%20Das~~\|title=India In Slow Motion\|date=2017-11-22\|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited\|isbn=978-93-5118-097-5\|language=en\|chapter=Chapter: The Reinvention of Rama}}</ref>''		[[Mark Tully]] narrates a meeting with Mahant Nritya Gopal Das in 1992 in his book ''India In Slow Motion:<ref name=":2">{{Cite book\|last=Tully\|first=Mark\|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmgQ3mcKL9wC&dq=Nritya+Gopal+Das&pg=PT34\|title=India In Slow Motion\|date=2017-11-22\|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited\|isbn=978-93-5118-097-5\|language=en\|chapter=Chapter: The Reinvention of Rama}}</ref>''

	{{~~Quote~~\|text=The mahant insisted that although he was the vice-president of the trust established by the VHP to build their Rama temple, he had nothing to do with politics. […] Broad shoulders, with the arms of a wrestler, and the torso of a man who no longer exercised with the vigour of his youth, Nritya Gopal Das had the dishvelled appearance most sadhus cultivate. His broad forehead was smeared with orange paste, his oily greying hair, faintly coloured with henna, fell down to his shoulders, his beard was untrimmed, the white cotton robe wrapped round him creased. But he was a man used to commanding respect.\|author=\|title=\|source=}}		{{Blockquote\|text=The mahant insisted that although he was the vice-president of the trust established by the VHP to build their Rama temple, he had nothing to do with politics. […] Broad shoulders, with the arms of a wrestler, and the torso of a man who no longer exercised with the vigour of his youth, Nritya Gopal Das had the dishvelled appearance most sadhus cultivate. His broad forehead was smeared with orange paste, his oily greying hair, faintly coloured with henna, fell down to his shoulders, his beard was untrimmed, the white cotton robe wrapped round him creased. But he was a man used to commanding respect.\|author=\|title=\|source=}}

	Mark Tully describes how the Mahant explained the [[Pluralism (philosophy)\|pluralism]] of worshiping Rama, "that is the Hindu tradition, where there have always been different ways to worship Rama, and everyone is welcome to worship as they like."''<ref name=":2" />'' [[Dibyesh Anand]]<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Dibyesh Anand profile\|url=https://idsa.in/profile/danand\|access-date=2020-08-13\|website=Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses}}</ref> recalls in an interview with Mahanat Das that initially the Mahant spoke about "how Hindus and Muslims are brothers and if only the Muslims gave away certain mosques, there would be harmony in India".<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Anand\|first=D.\|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbpfAQAAQBAJ~~&pg=PA1974&lpg=PA1974~~&dq=Nritya+Gopal+Das#q=~~Nritya%20Gopal%20Das~~\|title=Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear\|date=2016-04-30\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-0-230-33954-5\|pages=1974\|language=en\|chapter=Hindus: A Divided Nation~~}}</ref>~~		Mark Tully describes how the Mahant explained the [[Pluralism (philosophy)\|pluralism]] of worshiping Rama, "that is the Hindu tradition, where there have always been different ways to worship Rama, and everyone is welcome to worship as they like."''<ref name=":2" />'' [[Dibyesh Anand]]<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Dibyesh Anand profile\|url=https://idsa.in/profile/danand\|access-date=2020-08-13\|website=Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses}}</ref> recalls in an interview with Mahanat Das that initially the Mahant spoke about "how Hindus and Muslims are brothers and if only the Muslims gave away certain mosques, there would be harmony in India".<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Anand\|first=D.\|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbpfAQAAQBAJ&dq=Nritya+Gopal+Das&pg=PA1974\|title=Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear\|date=2016-04-30\|publisher=Springer\|isbn=978-0-230-33954-5\|pages=1974\|language=en\|chapter=Hindus: A Divided Nation}}</ref>

	On 13 August 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web\|last=Jaiswal\|first=Anuja\|date=13 August 2020\|title=Mahant Nritya Gopal Das: Ram Mandir trust head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tests positive for coronavirus\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-ram-temple-trust-head-mahant-nritya-gopal-das-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/articleshow/77520320.cms\|access-date=2020-08-13\|website=The Times of India\|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=Pandey\|first=Alok\|date=13 August 2020\|editor-last=Varma\|editor-first=Shylaja\|others=PTI\|title=Ram Temple Trust Head Tests Covid +ve, Shared Stage With PM In Ayodhya\|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ram-janmabhoomi-trust-head-nritya-gopal-das-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-he-was-on-stage-with-pm-for-temple-ceremony-in-ayodhya-last-week-2278763\|access-date=2020-08-13\|website=NDTV}}</ref>

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{{Infobox Hindu leader
| name = Mahant Nritya Gopal Das
| image = File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi with Mahant Nrityagopal Das at the foundation stone laying ceremony of ‘Shree Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir’, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on August 05, 2020 (cropped).jpg
| religion = [[Hinduism]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1938|6|11}}
| birth_place = Kerhala/Kahola village, [[Mathura district]], [[India]]
| birth_name =
| guru = Mahant Ram Manohar Das
| honors = *Spiritual successor of Shri Mani Ram Das Maharaj, 6th Mahant of Shri Mani Ram Das Chavni,
*[[Bairagi (caste)|Ramanandi (Bairagi) Saint]]<br>
*Chief, [[Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas]]
*Chairperson, [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]]
| website =
| caption = Mahant Nritya Gopal Das during the Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pooja
}}
[[File:Narendra Modi unveiling the plaque to lay the foundation stone of Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on August 05, 2020. The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath and other dignitaries are also seen.jpg|thumb|Nritya Gopal Das at the ceremony of unveiling the plaque to lay the foundation stone of Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir, in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh on August 05, 2020]]
'''[[Mahant]] Nritya Gopal Das''' (b 1938) is the head of [[Ayodhya|Ayodhya's]] largest temple, the ''Mani Ram Das Ki Chavani'', and the chief of the [[Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas]] and [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]], bodies formed to undertake the construction of the [[Ram Mandir, Ayodhya|Ram Mandir in Ayodhya]]. He is also the head of the [[Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex|Shri Krishna Janmasthan Seva Sansthan]].

== Background ==
He was born in 1938 in [[Mathura district]], Uttar Pradesh.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Uprety|first=Ajay|date=6 November 2019|title=Who is Mahant Nritya Gopal Das, head of Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas|url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/11/06/who-is-mahant-nritya-gopal-das-head-of-ram-janmabhoomi-nyas.html|access-date=2020-08-13|website=The Week|language=en|publication-date=16 December 2018}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|last=Bakshi|first=Gorky|date=2020-02-20|title=Ram Mandir Trust appoints Nritya Gopal Das as Chairman, Champat Rai as General Secretary|url=https://www.jagranjosh.com/current-affairs/ram-mandir-trust-appoints-nritya-gopal-das-as-chairman-champat-rai-as-general-secretary-1582174592-1|access-date=2020-08-13|website=Jagranjosh.com}}</ref> After passing his class tenth exams in 1953 he took admission in a college in Mathura to study commerce, but soon left for Ayodhya when he was 12,<ref name=":1" /> before completing his studies. In Ayodhya, he became a disciple of Mahant Ram Manohar Das and graduated with a [[Shastri (degree)]] from Sanskrit University in [[Varanasi]]. In 1965, at the age of 27 he became a mahant, succeeding the sixth [[mahant]] of the Shri Mani Ram Das Chavni (Chhoti Chavani).<ref name=":0" /> The temple is one of the main religious and spiritual attractions of the city, and everyday Mahant Nritya Gopal Das meets hundreds of pilgrims. He is credited with the construction of temples including Ramayan Bhavan and Shri Char Dham temple. He runs the "Maniram Chhawni" where 500 sadhus stay.<ref name=":1" /> He has been actively associated with the Ram Janmabhoomi movement since 1984.<ref name=":1" /> He took over as the head of the [[Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas]] when [[Ramchandra Das Paramhansa]] died in 2006 and he is currently the head of [[Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra]].<ref name=":0" /> He was one of the accused in the [[Babri Masjid demolition]] case.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Outlook India Photo Gallery - Mahant Nritya Gopal Das|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/photos/people/mahant-nritya-gopal-das/6624?photo-139221|access-date=2020-08-13|website=Outlook India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Iyer|first=Aishwarya S.|date=2020-02-20|title=2 Accused of Babri Masjid Demolition Now Part of Ram Mandir Trust|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/nritya-gopal-das-champat-rai-ram-mandir-trust-babri-masjid-demolition|access-date=2020-08-13|website=TheQuint|language=en}}</ref> He is also the head of the [[Krishna Janmasthan Temple Complex|Shri Krishna Janambhoomi Trust]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-08-13|title=Coronavirus {{!}} Ram temple trust head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tests positive for COVID-19|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/coronavirus-ram-temple-trust-head-mahant-nritya-gopal-das-tests-positive-for-covid-19/article32342449.ece|access-date=2020-08-13|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

[[Mark Tully]] narrates a meeting with Mahant Nritya Gopal Das in 1992 in his book ''India In Slow Motion:<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Tully|first=Mark|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AmgQ3mcKL9wC&pg=PT34&dq=Nritya+Gopal+Das#q=Nritya%20Gopal%20Das|title=India In Slow Motion|date=2017-11-22|publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited|isbn=978-93-5118-097-5|language=en|chapter=Chapter: The Reinvention of Rama}}</ref>''

{{Quote|text=The mahant insisted that although he was the vice-president of the trust established by the VHP to build their Rama temple, he had nothing to do with politics. […] Broad shoulders, with the arms of a wrestler, and the torso of a man who no longer exercised with the vigour of his youth, Nritya Gopal Das had the dishvelled appearance most sadhus cultivate. His broad forehead was smeared with orange paste, his oily greying hair, faintly coloured with henna, fell down to his shoulders, his beard was untrimmed, the white cotton robe wrapped round him creased. But he was a man used to commanding respect.|author=|title=|source=}}

Mark Tully describes how the Mahant explained the [[Pluralism (philosophy)|pluralism]] of worshiping Rama, "that is the Hindu tradition, where there have always been different ways to worship Rama, and everyone is welcome to worship as they like."''<ref name=":2" />'' [[Dibyesh Anand]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dibyesh Anand profile|url=https://idsa.in/profile/danand|access-date=2020-08-13|website=Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses}}</ref> recalls in an interview with Mahanat Das that initially the Mahant spoke about "how Hindus and Muslims are brothers and if only the Muslims gave away certain mosques, there would be harmony in India".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Anand|first=D.|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lbpfAQAAQBAJ&pg=PA1974&lpg=PA1974&dq=Nritya+Gopal+Das#q=Nritya%20Gopal%20Das|title=Hindu Nationalism in India and the Politics of Fear|date=2016-04-30|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-0-230-33954-5|pages=1974|language=en|chapter=Hindus: A Divided Nation}}</ref>

On 13 August 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jaiswal|first=Anuja|date=13 August 2020|title=Mahant Nritya Gopal Das: Ram Mandir trust head Mahant Nritya Gopal Das tests positive for coronavirus|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-ram-temple-trust-head-mahant-nritya-gopal-das-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/articleshow/77520320.cms|access-date=2020-08-13|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Pandey|first=Alok|date=13 August 2020|editor-last=Varma|editor-first=Shylaja|others=PTI|title=Ram Temple Trust Head Tests Covid +ve, Shared Stage With PM In Ayodhya|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ram-janmabhoomi-trust-head-nritya-gopal-das-tests-positive-for-coronavirus-he-was-on-stage-with-pm-for-temple-ceremony-in-ayodhya-last-week-2278763|access-date=2020-08-13|website=NDTV}}</ref>

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