English Dictionary

Definition of “Ayodhya”

Ayodhya (ɑːɪˈjəʊdjɑː )

an ancient town in N India, in Uttar Pradesh state: as the birthplace of Rama it is sacred to Hindus; also a Buddhist centre Also called: Ayodha, Awadh, (əˈwɒd ) , Oudh, (aʊd )

AWARD-winning ABC foreign correspondent Tony Eastley will never forget the Indian town of Ayodhya.

The Mercury, Sunday Tasmanian (2005)

Ramakrishna was born the year the Bowdens reached India and died in 1886, a year after riots at Ayodhya.

Hyland, Paul Indian Balm - Travels in the Southern Subcontinent

So much hate has been heaped on the Ayodhya movement in the media that the real issue has got totally drowned.

India Today (2002)

The violence was sparked by a Hindu campaign to build a temple in the northern town of Ayodhya on the site of a 16th century mosque.

Sun, News of the World (2002)

They [the Hindus] want to turn Ayodhya into another Gujarat.

Irish Times (2002)

Thousands of Hindus had gathered in Ayodhya to plan the building of the temple on the ruins of the 16th-century Babri mosque.

Times, Sunday Times (2002)

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