Ayodhya’s Muslims confront grief and anxiety as Ram Temple inauguration nears By CNN Newsource Published January 20, 2024 4:11 pm By Aishwarya S Iyer, CNN ...

Ayodhya’s modest airstrip has grown into an expansive international airport with a 2.2-kilometer (about 1.4-mile) runway in the first phase. The clean railway station has a daily passenger ...

Hindu fundamentalists demolish the wall of the 16th century Babri Masjid mosque in the city of Ayodhya in 1992. - Douglas E. Curran/AFP/Getty Images ...

Ayodhya’s modest airstrip has grown into an expansive international airport with a 2.2-kilometer (about 1.4-mile) runway in the first phase. The clean railway station has a daily passenger ...

AYODHYA, India (AP) — About 80 chartered flights have landed at the new international airport of India's holy city of Ayodhya for today's partial opening of t ...

Late last year, Arafat Shaikh – a member of the BJP – was appointed to lead the construction of the mosque. He told CNN that he had never stepped foot in Ayodhya before he took on the role.

Hindus believe that Hindu deity Ram was born at the exact same site in Ayodhya where the 16th-century Babri mosque once stood. The mosque was destroyed by a Hindu mob in December 1992.

Ayodhya, an ancient city of about 76,000 people in Uttar Pradesh, is an important Hindu pilgrimage site and sees millions of visitors each year.

Hindu fundamentalists attack the wall of the 16th century Babri Masjid mosque with iron rods at a disputed holy site in the city of Ayodhya in 1992. - Douglas E. Curran/AFP/Getty Images ...

A TEMPLE RISES Jagadguru Sri Shankara Vijayendra Saraswathi Swamigal takes a walk around a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Lord Ram on the eve of the temple's grand opening in Ayodhya, India ...