(2002 pop. 51,000). An ancient city also called Ayodhya, Oudh, or Awadh, Ajodhya, now part of the city of Faizabad, lies on the Ghaghara River in the eastern Uttar Pradesh state of northern India. Ajodhya is one of seven holy places for Hindus, revered...

Town (pop., 2001: 49,417), Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. Lying on the banks of the Ghaghara River just east of Faizabad, of which it is now a suburb, Ayodhya in ancient times was one of India's greatest cities; today, it is one of the seven holy...

(‘invincible’; modern Oudh) the ancient capital of the kingdom from whose royal family came prince Rāma, the hero of the epic and the seventh incarnation of . It is one of the seven sacred cities of Hinduism and is located on the banks...

Important city in the kingdom of the Kosalas in north-east India in the time of the Buddha. Not to be confused with Ayuthia, equally important city in north of...

Coordinates: 26°48′N 82°12′E / 26.8, 82.2 Ayodhya pronunciation (help·info) (Hindi: à¤...यà¥à¤§à¥à¤¯à¤¾, IAST AyodhyÄ) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. Ayodhya is...