 |
 |
|||
 |
||||
| HOME > India > Central Uttar Pradesh > Ayodhya | ||||
|
Shopping at Natural Nirvana Amazon Herb Aquazon Arcozon Calmazon Camu C Serum Chocamaca Digestazon Envirozon Fiberzon Fiberzon Plus Graviola Gavizon Illumination Lunazon Kavazon Metabazon Peak Performance Rainforest Matte Tea Rainforest Recovery Pak Rainforest Treasure Tea Recovazon Tropical Gel Recovazon (Caps) Sangre De Drago Stevia Sumacazon Travel Kit Una De Gato Warrior A percentage of sales of the Amazon Herbs products above goes to maintianing this site. We can also recommend these herbs from personal experience as being natural, healthy and outstanding. |
Ayodhya Pop: 50,000 Area Code: 05276 Lord Rama was born and had many of his pastimes here. His pastimes are explained in the famous Ramayana. It is a very holy city and is an important pilgrimage site. It is one of the seven main holy cities in India. It is on the banks of the Gogra (Ghaghara or Saryu) River, bathing in which is supposed to destroy even the sin of killing a Brahmin. On 6 December 1992, the Babri Masjid mosque (15th century) that was located at what is believed to be the birthplace of Lord Rama was destroyed by a large group of Hindus. After this there were riots in different places in India, during which many people were killed. Since then the town has been peaceful. Ayodhya
is 6km from the town of Faizabad, about 150km due east of Lucknow, and
200km northwest of Varanasi. Janmabhoomi Cameras are prohibited and you are not supposed to bring even a pen in with you. At this location there used to be the Babri Mosque, which was constructed in the 15th century by the Mughals. It was not used very much and was eventually closed. In 1990, different Hindu groups wanted to build a Rama temple in its place. Some fighting broke out between Hindus and Muslims. Armed guards then surrounded the mosque. In
1992 Hindus destroyed the mosque and built a small temple in its place,
with deities of Sita and Rama. At the present time there are plans to
build a grand Rama Temple here. The government owns the land, but nothing
has been decided about it yet. What
to See There is a popular temple dedicated to Hanuman called Hanuman Gadhi on top of a small hill. It is located right by the main road where the tempos from Faizabad stop. Kanak Bhavan, which is an interesting temple, and Kala Rama Temple, by the river, both have Deities of Sita and Rama. The Birla Temple, is a beautiful marble temple. It has Sita, Rama and Laksman Deities. There is a nice area by the river surrounding Laksman Ghat, where Laksman, the brother of Rama, is said to have bathed. Vasistha Kund is a temple that contains a small round kund, which is like a well. Rama is said to have performed a yajna (sacrifice) at Treta Ka Mandir. There are Sita-Rama Deities in this temple. Kaushalya, the mother of Rama, is said to have established the Kshireswara Nath Temple for Sita. Bharata Kund, at Nandigram, 20km from Ayodhya, is said to be the place where Bharata ruled from while Rama was in exile for 14 years. The impressive Jain Temple, Hanuman Rd, about a km from the railway station, has a 9.5m statue of Rishabhadeva. A
half-km north of Janmabhoomi is Swarga Dwara, or Ram
Ghat, which is an important bathing ghat. Travel Ayodhya is on your way to Nepal from Varanasi or Allahabad. The closest airports are in Lucknow (135km) and Varanasi (190km). From Ayodhya to Varanasi two trains are available—the Farakka Exp #3884 (11 am, 6 hr, Tue, Thurs, Fri, Sun) and the Saryu Yamuna Exp #4650 (9.12 am, 3½ hr, Mon, Wed, Sat). There is a local train between Faizabad and Ayodhya. If you know of a informationthat is not correct or if you would like to help update our listings, please e-mail us at:
|
World Vegetarian Restaurants Guide Amazing
Colon Cleaning Program Our own Vegetarian, Vegan, Alternative & Spiritual Sales Shop
Please Help Support This Site and buy our own USA Vegetarian Restaurants Book
Please check out our Natural Nirvana Store, which we started to help pay for the maintenance of this Website. Natural Nirvana is dedicated to selling vegetarian, spiritual and alternative products. We sell only animal-friendly and cruelty-free clothing, gifts, health foods, books and beauty products. !! DVD Kurma Great Vegetarian Dsihes Cooking Videos Set for just $49. Individually each video costs $14.95.for a savings of over $100 24 Devotional DVD Set for just $99 Individually each video cost $14.95 for a savings of over $200
Fantastic
Natural Herbs from the Amazons Infomation
on Partnering
with John Easterling &Amazon Herb formulas Amazon
Herbs Articles Interview with Sherrill Sellman Journey
to Porveneer How
the Amazon Rainforest Returning
to our Roots The Evolution of Environmental Consciousness
VEGAN BAGS CLOTHES Bedding
& Pillows (beautiful) FOOD AYURVEDIC
MEDICINES VEGAN
HEALTH VEGAN
BODY CARE INCENSE
& OILS VEG
COSMETIC VEDIC
& SPIRITUAL JEWELRY SPIRITUAL
BOOKS SPIRITUAL
MUCIC
SPIRTUAL VIDEO Bob
Marley Reggae |
||
| Copyright
©2004 John Howley and Spiritual Guides |
||||
| |
||||
