India, Jan. 20 -- Acharya Satyendra Das, the chief priest of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi, on Saturday reacted sharply after the first image of the new Ram Lalla idol became public on Friday as anticipation built up for the consecration ceremony at the Ayodhya temple on January 22.

Speaking on the Ram temple ceremony, Acharya Satyendra Das said, ".where the new idol is, the rituals of prana pratishtha are being performed... The body of the idol has been covered with clothes for now... The idol that has been revealed with open eyes is not correct... The eyes will not open before the pran pratishtha... If such an image is appearing, an investigation should be conducted to determine who did it."

There have been concerns among officials after the p...