Faizabad

Faizabad is a city on the banks of river Saryu in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.

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Faizabad has a sister city Ayodhya, birthplace of Lord Ram. Lord Ram was the king of Ayodhya and is worshipped as a God.

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Faizabad was the fist capital of Nawabs of Oudh. Asaf-ud-daula, son of Nawab Shuja-ud-daula made Lucknow the capital of Oudh.

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Faizabad and Ayodhya has a great heritage and has many monumental sites. The city of Ayodhya is known for its temples of Hindu religion. In Faizabad city there are many monuments of Nawabs, like tomb of Bahu Begum, Gulab-bari and many more.

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Ayodhya is also the birth place of first Tirthankar of the Jain religion, Shri Rishabh Dev. He is known as the father of Jain religion.

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Uttar Pradesh: Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu: اتر پردیش), also popularly known by its acronym UP, is the fifth largest and the most populous state in India. The administrative and legislativ...

India: The Republic of India is a country in South Asia which comprises most of the Indian subcontinent. India has a coastline which stretches over seven thousand kilometres, and shares its borders with Pakistan to the west, the People's Republic of China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the northeast, and Bangladesh...

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