Ayodhya

: This article is about the Indian city; see Ayutthaya for the Thai city, province and ancient kingdom.

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Ayodhya (अयोध्या) is an ancient city of India, the old capital of Awadh, in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh. Under the British Raj the city and the administrative area around it was called Oudh. It is on the right bank of the river Gogra, 555 km east of New Delhi. The word ayodhya is Sanskrit for "not to be warred against". Some Puranas like the Brahmanda Purana (4/40/91) consider Ayodhya as one of the six holiest cities.

Related Topics:
India - Awadh - Faizabad - Uttar Pradesh - British Raj - Oudh - Gogra - New Delhi - Sanskrit - Purana - Brahmanda Purana

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