Broken, unplastered houses; splintered ceilings of the temple; open drainages, chafed roads, putrid heaps of garbage all around town—this is the current state of Ayodhya, a place that has attracted global attention of late. It lies on the Ghaghara river, just east of Faizabad, in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Ayodhya, as we know it today, came into existence in the fifth century. It has the reputation of...
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