Dhannipur

Dhannipur is a village in Ayodhya district of Uttar Pradesh, India.^[1][2][3] In February 2020, the government allotted 5 acres (2.0 ha) of agricultural land at Dhannipur in Ayodhya municipal corporation to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board as an alternative site for constructing a mosque,^[2][4] to replace the Babri Masjid that was demolished in 1992.^[3] The Babri Masjid, after being re-built is now known as the Mohammed Bin Abdullah Masjid.

Dhannipur
Village
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Coordinates: 26.762°N 82.002°E / 26.762; 82.002
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Division	Ayodhya
District	Ayodhya
Government
• Type	Municipal Corporation
Language
• Official	Hindi
• Additional official	Urdu
• Regional	Awadhi
Time zone	UTC+05:30 (IST)
PIN(s)	224135
Area code	+91-5278
Vehicle registration	UP-42
Website	ayodhya.nic.in

Places of interest

Main article: Muhammad bin Abdullah Masjid

Ayodhya Mosque is being planned in Dhannipur village,^[5] Ayodhya district, Uttar Pradesh, at the Supreme Court of India designated site following the verdict related to the Ayodhya dispute case. The construction of the Mosque and associated complex is under the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation.

See also

• Mohammed Bin Abdullah Masjid
• Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation