Sources from Lucknow stated that Account holders' of ram Naam bank, where devotees deposit booklets with the name of Lord ram written in it, will get a special "bonus" in view of the Supreme court paving the way for construction of a ram temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya. Meanwhile the allahabad based 'bank', which neither has ATMs, nor cheque books and its only 'currency' is Lord ram, has announced the bonus for nearly one lakh of its account holders.
Furthermore Ashutosh Varshney, the chairman of ram Naam Sewa Sansthan which runs the bank, said the bonus means that the name of Lord ram written by devotees either handwritten, typed on specially designed pages or through mobile app will be considered double. However, for the purpose of award/honor the minimum benchmark has been fixed as 1.25 lakh. Those who had written the name of Lord ram at least 1.25 lakh times by midnight of november 9-10, were considered for the award".
Ashutosh Varshney told “Those selected for award will be given a certificate from ram Naam bank, a shawl and a 'shriphal' at a special function organized by it in Sangam area of allahabad during the 2020 Magh Mela”. Moreover those who have crossed the one crore mark, will be provided free accommodation at the bank's camp located in sector-1 on Akshayvatt Marg. So far, more than 12 devotees have crossed the one crore mark. Ashutosh Varshney said “She also said the size of one's account was determined by the number of times one was able to write the name of the Lord and deposit it in the bank”.
