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Ayodhya

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Ayodhya

Ayodhya (Hindi: Ayodhyā, pronounced [ɐˈjoːdʱjɐː] ) 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. Ayodhya became the top tourist destination of Uttar Pradesh with 110 million visitors in the first half of 2024, surpassing Varanasi. The settlement was historically known as Sāketa until it was renamed to Ayodhya during the Gupta period. 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. The Ayodhya dispute was centred on the Babri mosque, built 1528–29 under the Mughal emperor Babur and said to have been built on top of a Hindu temple that stood at the birth spot of Rama. In 1992 a Hindu mob demolished the mosque, provoking riots throughout the country. In 2019, the Supreme Court of India announced the final verdict that the land belonged to the government based on tax records; It further ordered the land to be handed over to a trust to build the Ram Mandir; which was consecrated in January 2024. It also ordered the government to give an alternate five acre tract of land to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board to build the mosque.

Infobox

Country
India
State
Uttar Pradesh
Division
Ayodhya
District
Ayodhya
• Type
Municipal Corporation
• Body
Ayodhya Municipal Corporation
• Mayor
Girish Pati Tripathi (BJP)
• Lok Sabha MP
Awadhesh Prasad (SP)
• MLA
Ved Prakash Gupta (BJP)
• Total
55,890
Elevation
93 m (305 ft)
• Density
462.7/km2 (1,198/sq mi)
Demonym(s)
Ayodhyawasi, Awadhwasi
• Official
Hindi
• Additional official
Urdu
• Regional
Awadhi
Time zone
UTC 05:30 (IST)
PIN(s)
224001, 224123, 224133, 224135
Area code
91-5278
Vehicle registration
UP-42
Website
ayodhya.nic.in

Tables

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Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
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Mean daily maximum °C (°F)
Climate data for Gokarna
24(75)
Climate data for Gokarna
27(81)
Climate data for Gokarna
34(93)
Climate data for Gokarna
40(104)
Climate data for Gokarna
43(109)
Climate data for Gokarna
41(106)
Climate data for Gokarna
35(95)
Climate data for Gokarna
35(95)
Climate data for Gokarna
34(93)
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33(91)
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30(86)
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26(79)
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34(92)
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12(54)
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14(57)
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20(68)
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26(79)
Climate data for Gokarna
31(88)
Climate data for Gokarna
32(90)
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29(84)
Climate data for Gokarna
27(81)
Climate data for Gokarna
26(79)
Climate data for Gokarna
24(75)
Climate data for Gokarna
20(68)
Climate data for Gokarna
15(59)
Climate data for Gokarna
23(74)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
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Average precipitation mm (inches)
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23(0.9)
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18(0.7)
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11(0.4)
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8(0.3)
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14(0.6)
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113(4.4)
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438(17.2)
Climate data for Gokarna
316(12.4)
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219(8.6)
Climate data for Gokarna
49(1.9)
Climate data for Gokarna
0(0)
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2(0.1)
Climate data for Gokarna
1,211(47.5)
Source: https://weatherandclimate.com/india/uttar-pradesh/ayodhya
Source: https://weatherandclimate.com/india/uttar-pradesh/ayodhya
Climate data for Gokarna
Source: https://weatherandclimate.com/india/uttar-pradesh/ayodhya
Climate data for Gokarna
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Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
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24(75)
27(81)
34(93)
40(104)
43(109)
41(106)
35(95)
35(95)
34(93)
33(91)
30(86)
26(79)
34(92)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)
12(54)
14(57)
20(68)
26(79)
31(88)
32(90)
29(84)
27(81)
26(79)
24(75)
20(68)
15(59)
23(74)
Average precipitation mm (inches)
23(0.9)
18(0.7)
11(0.4)
8(0.3)
14(0.6)
113(4.4)
438(17.2)
316(12.4)
219(8.6)
49(1.9)
0(0)
2(0.1)
1,211(47.5)
Source: https://weatherandclimate.com/india/uttar-pradesh/ayodhya

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