Ayodhya, 26 September (HS). Former Indian cricketer Sunil Gavaskar reached Ayodhya with his family on Thursday and after paying homage to Lord Ram Lalla, met Ram Mandir Trust General Secretary Champat Rai.
Gavaskar is a trustee of Satya Sai Sanjivani Child Heart Care Centre in Bangalore. Sanjivani has been providing health services in Ayodhya since the time of Pran Pratishtha at Ram Janmabhoomi. Sanjivani's chairman Srinivas, his wife Shalini Srinivas, along with Gavaskar's wife Marsha Neil and her sisters Shammi and Sunisha visited Shri Ram Lalla. The visitors met the general secretary of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Tirtha Kshetra at a hotel on the highway. After this, cricketer Gavaskar left for Kanpur for the proposed India-Bangladesh Test cricket match series.