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Ayodhya | |
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City | |
Ram Mandir Ram ki Paidi ghat Vijayraghav Mandir Hanuman Garhi Temple Kanak Bhawan Temple | |
| Nickname: The Temple Town[1][2][3] | |
  Ayodhya  Ayodhya | |
| Coordinates: 26°47′57″N 82°12′16″E / 26.79917°N 82.20444°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Division | Ayodhya |
| District | Ayodhya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipal Corporation |
| • Body | Ayodhya Municipal Corporation |
| • Mayor | Girish Pati Tripathi[4] (BJP) |
| • Lok Sabha MP | Lallu Singh (BJP) |
| • MLA | Ved Prakash Gupta (BJP) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 120.8 km2 (46.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 93 m (305 ft) |
| Population (2011[5]) | |
| • Total | 55,890 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Ayodhyawasi, Awadhwasi |
| Language | |
| • Official | Hindi[6] |
| • Additional official | Urdu[6] |
| • Regional | Awadhi[7] |
| Time zone | UTC+05:30 (IST) |
| PIN(s) | 224001, 224123, 224133, 224135 |
| Area code | +91-5278 |
| Vehicle registration | UP-42 |
| Website | ayodhya |
Ayodhya (Hindustani: [əˈjoːdʱjaː] ⓘ; IAST: Ayodhyā) is a city situated on the banks of the Sarayu river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ayodhya district as well as the Ayodhya division of Uttar Pradesh, India.[8][9]
Ayodhya was historically known as Saketa. The early Buddhist and Jain canonical texts mention that the religious leaders Gautama Buddha and Mahavira visited and lived in the city. The Jain texts also describe it as the birthplace of five tirthankaras namely, Rishabhanatha, Ajitanatha, Abhinandananatha, Sumatinatha and Anantanatha, and associate it with the legendary Bharata Chakravarti. From the Gupta period onwards, several sources mention Ayodhya and Saketa as the name of the same city.
The legendary city of Ayodhya, popularly identified as the present-day Ayodhya, is identified in the epic Ramayana and its many versions as the birthplace of the Hindu deity Rama of Kosala and is hence regarded as the first of the seven most important pilgrimage sites for Hindus.[8][10] The Ayodhya dispute was centered on the Babri mosque, built 1528–29 under the Mughal emperor Babur and said to have replaced a temple that stood at the birth spot of Rama.[11] In 1992 a Hindu mob demolished the mosque, provoking riots throughout the country.[12] In 2019 the Supreme Court of India ruled that the land belonged to the government per tax records, and ordered it to be handed over to a trust to build a Hindu temple. It also ordered the government to give an alternative 2.0 hectares (5 acres) of land to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board to build another mosque, the land for which was acquired by the Government in Dhannipur in Ayodhya district and handed over to the Board. The construction of Ram Mandir commenced in August 2020 and the temple was consecrated with the deity of Balak Ram on 22 January 2024.[13][14][15][16]
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- ^ a b "52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 49. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
- ^ "Awadhi". Ethnologue. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ a b "District Ayodhya – Government of Uttar Pradesh | City Of Lord Rama | India". Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "About District". District Ayodhya – Government of Uttar Pradesh. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ "How holy triangle has led to a mega surge in UP's tourist footfall - Times of India". The Times of India. 20 January 2024. Archived from the original on 21 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ Jain, Meenakshi (2017), The Battle for Rama – Case of the Temple at Ayodhya, Aryan Books International, ISBN 978-8-173-05579-9[page needed]
- ^ "Ayodhya verdict: No place for fear, negativity in 'New India', says PM". Business Standard. 9 November 2019. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ Travelli, Alex; Kumar, Hari (22 January 2024). "Why India's New Ram Temple Is So Important". The New York Times. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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- ^ "Ayodhya Ram Mandir: Date, aarti timings, darshan, and other details here". Mint. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
- ^ "Ayodhya Ram Mandir highlights: Celebration, lamps, fireworks light up the nation as it witnesses a historic day". Deccan Herald. 5 August 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 15 August 2020.