Ayodhya District is a city located on the bank of river Saryu in Uttar Pradesh India. The city is identified as the legendary city of Ayodhya, and as such, is the birth place of Lord Ram and setting of the epic Ramcharit Manas (Ramayana). The accuracy of this identification is central to the Ayodhya dispute: modern scholars variously believe that the present-day Ayodhya is same as the legendary Ayodhya, or that the legendary city is a mythical place that came to be identified with the present day Ayodhya only during the Gupta period around 4th-5th century CE.

Owing to the belief as the birth place of Lord Ram, Ayodhya (Awadh) has been regarded as one of the seven most important pilgrimage sites (Saptapuri) for Hindus. It is believed that the birth spot of Lord Ram was marked by a temple, which is said to have been demolished by the orders of Mughal emperor Babar and a disputed mosque erected in its place. The Ayodhya dispute concerns the activism by the Hindus groups to rebuild a grand Ram Temple at site of Janmabhoomi

Geography and Climate

Ayodhya has a humid subtropical climate, typical of central India. Summers are long dry and hot, lasting from late March to mid June, with average daily temperature near 32 0c.They are followed by the monsoon season which lasts till October, with annual precipitation of a proximity 1067 mm and average temperature around 28 oC .Winters start in early November and lasts till the end of January, followed by a short spring in February and early March are mild, near 16 oC, but night can be colder.