India, Feb. 13 -- LUCKNOW/AYODHYA Chief priest of Ayodhya's Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, Acharya Satyendra Das, 87, passed away at the Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) in Lucknow on Wednesday, said a press statement issued by the institute.

He was admitted to the High Dependency Unit (HDU) of the neurology ward at SGPGI in a critical condition on February 3 after he suffered a stroke.

Mortal remains of Das were brought to his ashram, Satya Dham Gopal Mandir in Ayodhya, on Wednesday and his last rites will be performed at the Saryu Ghat in Ayodhya on February 13, an agency report stated.

Chief minister Yogi Adityanath expressed condolences on his demise and called it an irreparable loss to the spiritual wor...