Lucknow, Feb. 12 -- Chief priest of Shri Ram temple Acharya Satyendra Kumar Das passed away at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) here on Wednesday.

He was about 87 years old. Acharya Das was recently admitted to SGPGI due to brain haemorrhage, where he breathed his last at around 7 am. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has condoled the death of Shri Das.

He posted on X, "The death of Acharya Shri Satyendra Kumar Das Ji Maharaj, the chief priest of Param Ram Bhakt, Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, Shri Ayodhya Dham, is extremely sad and an irreparable loss to the spiritual world. Humble tributes. I pray to Lord Shri Ram to give a place to the departed soul at his lotus feet and give strength to the bereaved disci...