Varanasi: Lakshmikant Dixit, vedic scholar and the chief priest at Ayodhya Balak Ram (Ram Lalla) Temple, passed away this morning.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath expressed deep sorrow over the demise of                         Acharya Dixit.

“The passing of the eminent scholar from Kashi and the chief priest of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Pran Pratishtha, Vedmurti Acharya Shri Lakshmikant Dixit Ji, is an irreplaceable loss to the spiritual and literary world,” CM Yogi said in a post on X.

Yogi added that Acharya Dixit will always be remembered for his service to the Sanskrit language and Indian culture.

Pandit Laxmikant Mathuranath Dixit had led the group of priests during the pran pratishtha ceremony of Ram Lalla at Ram temple at Ayodhya in January this year.