Ram Janmabhoomi

Ram Janmabhoomi (lit. 'Birthplace of Rama') 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.

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Ram Janmabhoomi

Ayodhya Ayodhya (Uttar Pradesh)
Alternative name	Birth place of lord Ram
Location	Ayodhya
Region	Uttar Pradesh
Coordinates	26.7956°N 82.1943°E / 26.7956; 82.1943
Site notes
Ownership	Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra[1]

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.[2] 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.

In 1992, the demolition of the Babri Masjid by Hindu nationalists triggered widespread Hindu-Muslim violence. The legal dispute over the property reached the Indian Supreme Court, which heard the title dispute cases from August to October 2019.[3][4] On 9 November 2019, the Supreme Court ordered the land to be handed over to a trust to build a Hindu temple.[5]