Archaeological site in Uttar Pradesh, India

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Ram Janmabhoomi

<p><b>Ram Janmabhoomi</b> (literally, "Rama's birthplace") is the site that is hypothesized to be the birthplace of <a href="/en/Rama" title="Rama" class="wl">Rama</a>, believed to be the seventh <a href="/en/Avatar" title="Avatar" class="wl">avatar</a> of the <a href="/en/Hinduism" title="Hinduism" class="wl">Hindu deity</a> <a href="/en/Vishnu" title="Vishnu" class="wl">Vishnu</a>. The <a href="/en/Ramayana" title="Ramayana" class="wl">Ramayana</a> states that the location of Rama's birthplace is on the banks of the <a href="/en/Sarayu_River_(Ayodhya)" title="Sarayu River (Ayodhya)" class="mw-redirect wl">Sarayu river</a> in a city called "<a href="/en/Ayodhya_(Ramayana)" title="Ayodhya (Ramayana)" class="wl">Ayodhya</a>". Modern-day <a href="/en/Ayodhya" title="Ayodhya" class="wl">Ayodhya</a> is in the north Indian state of <a href="/en/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh" class="wl">Uttar Pradesh</a>.</p>

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<ul><li><a href="/en/Vishnu_Hari_inscription" title="Vishnu Hari inscription" class="wl">Vishnu Hari inscription</a></li></ul></li>
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<ul><li><a href="/en/Demolition_of_the_Babri_Masjid" title="Demolition of the Babri Masjid" class="wl">Demolition of the Babri Masjid</a></li></ul></li>
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<li><a href="/en/Ayodhya_firing_incident" title="Ayodhya firing incident" class="wl">Ayodhya firing incident</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/2005_Ram_Janmabhoomi_attack" title="2005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack" class="wl">2005 Ram Janmabhoomi attack</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/2019_Supreme_Court_verdict_on_Ayodhya_dispute" title="2019 Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute" class="wl">2019 Supreme Court verdict</a></li>
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<li><a href="/en/Ayodhya_Mosque,_Dhannipur" title="Ayodhya Mosque, Dhannipur" class="wl">Ayodhya Mosque, Dhannipur</a></li></ul></td>
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<li><a href="/en/Rashtriya_Swayamsevak_Sangh" title="Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh" class="wl">Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Uttar_Pradesh_Sunni_Central_Waqf_Board" title="Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board" class="wl">Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board</a></li></ul></td>
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<p>Some Hindus claim that the exact site of Rama's birthplace is where the <a href="/en/Babri_Masjid" title="Babri Masjid" class="wl">Babri Masjid</a> once stood in the present-day <a href="/en/Ayodhya" title="Ayodhya" class="wl">Ayodhya</a>, <a href="/en/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh" class="wl">Uttar Pradesh</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-MeenakshiJain2017_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-MeenakshiJain2017-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> According to this theory, the <a href="/en/Mughal_Empire" title="Mughal Empire" class="wl">Mughals</a> demolished a Hindu shrine that marked the spot, and constructed a mosque in its place.  People opposed to this theory state that such claims arose only in the 18th century, and that there is no evidence for the spot being the birthplace of Rama. Several other sites, including places in other parts of India, Afghanistan, and Nepal, have been proposed as birthplaces of Rama. The political, historical and socio-religious debate over the history and location of the Babri Mosque, and whether a previous temple was demolished or modified to create it, is known as the <a href="/en/Ayodhya_dispute" title="Ayodhya dispute" class="wl">Ayodhya dispute</a>.</p>

<p>In 1992, the <a href="/en/Demolition_of_the_Babri_Masjid" title="Demolition of the Babri Masjid" class="wl">demolition of the Babri Masjid</a> by <a href="/en/Hindutva" title="Hindutva" class="wl">Hindu nationalists</a> triggered widespread Hindu-Muslim violence. The legal dispute over the property reached the <a href="/en/Supreme_Court_of_India" title="Supreme Court of India" class="wl">Indian Supreme Court</a>, which heard the title dispute cases from August to October 2019.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-BBC_News_3-0"><a href="#cite_note-BBC_News-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-Press_Trust_of_India_4-0"><a href="#cite_note-Press_Trust_of_India-4" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 4;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[4]</span></a></span> On 9 November 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the land to be handed over to a trust to build a Hindu temple.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-:12_5-0"><a href="#cite_note-:12-5" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 5;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[5]</span></a></span></p>



Ram Janmabhoomi is the site that is hypothesized to be the birthplace of Rama, believed to be the seventh avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu. The Ramayana states that the location of Rama's birthplace is on the banks of the Sarayu river in a city called "Ayodhya". Modern-day Ayodhya is in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Some Hindus claim that the exact site of Rama's birthplace is where the Babri Masjid once stood in the present-day Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. According to this theory, the Mughals demolished a Hindu shrine that marked the spot, and constructed a mosque in its place.  People opposed to this theory state that such claims arose only in the 18th century, and that there is no evidence for the spot being the birthplace of Rama. Several other sites, including places in other parts of India, Afghanistan, and Nepal, have been proposed as birthplaces of Rama. The political, historical and socio-religious debate over the history and location of the Babri Mosque, and whether a previous temple was demolished or modified to create it, is known as the Ayodhya dispute. 