The resignation of Champat Rai as General Secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust marks a sobering moment in the saga of the country’s significant religious institutions. Whatever the outcome of the ongoing investigation into the alleged embezzlement...

For decades Champat Rai was the quiet custodian of Hinduism’s most consequential movement in recent times. Now the man who helped build the Ram Mandir finds himself confronting questions about the temple’s accounts. If Ayodhya has a living archive, it...