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n. 1 It is an ancient city of India presently in the state of Uttar Pradesh. 2 (context Hinduism English) It used to be the capital of the ancient Kosala Kingdom. It is the birthplace of the Hindu deity Rāma.
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Ayodhya (; IAST Ayodhyā), also known as Saket, is an ancient city of India, believed to be the birthplace of Rama and setting of the epic Ramayana. It is adjacent to Faizabad city at the south end in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Ayodhya used to be the capital of the ancient Kosala Kingdom. It has an average elevation of .
Owing to the belief as the birthplace of Rama, Ayodhya has been regarded as one of the seven most important pilgrimage sites ( Saptapuri) for Hindus. It is believed that the birth spot of Rama was marked by a temple, which was demolished by the orders of the Mughal emperor Babur and a mosque erected in its place. The Ayodhya dispute concerns the activism by the Hindu groups to rebuild a Rama's temple at the site.
Ayodhya is an opera by Somtow Sucharitkul. It premiered on November 16, 2006 at the Thailand Cultural Center in Bangkok, in a production directed by Dutch director Hans Nieuwenhuis and featuring Michael Chance as Ganesha, Nancy Yuen as Sita, Charles Hens as Rama, and John Ames as Ravan. The libretto is a distillation of the entire Ramayana epic into a single evening.
The opera was composed as a special tribute to the King of Thailand as part of the nationwide celebration of the King's Sixtieth Regnal Year. However, the opening was marred by a censorship debate which was widely discussed in the international press.1
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Ayodhya is a 1975 Indian Malayalam film, directed by P. N. Sundaram and produced by Pavamani. The film stars Prem Nazir, Adoor Bhasi, Sankaradi and Sreelatha Namboothiri in lead roles. The film had musical score by G. Devarajan.
Usage examples of "ayodhya".
All the noble-born fighting-men of Ayodhya were gathered in the great palace or about it, and at each broad-arched gate and door fifty archers stood on guard, with bows in their hands.
It concerned the past actions of one Kerim Shah, a nobleman from Iranistan, who had dwelt for a while in Peshkhauri before coming on to the court at Ayodhya.
No slightest breeze stirred, leaving the capital city of Ayodhya to swelter.
This Naipal, it was said in Ayodhya, was a wise man, not only for his good and faithful service to the King since the strange disappearance of the former court wizard, but also for his modest lack of ambition.
The fat man now murmured of the day's happenings in Ayodhya, such as he thought might interest his master.
Those grace the floors of Vendhyan nobles, yet a far greater price may be obtained by taking a carpet of the second quality to Aghrapur than by selling one of the first quality in Ayodhya.
And when you reach Ayodhya and no longer serve him, I will send for you.
I found jugglers and acrobats who will seem new and fresh when they perform at my palace in Ayodhya.
It was possible she wanted him only as an oddity for her noble friends in Ayodhya, a strange-eyed barbarian at which to gawk, but on the other hand, a woman did not look at an oddity coquettishly through lowered lashes.
We were to meet the ship, kill all on board and bring the chests to Ayodhya.
The caravan remained in the city only hours, for the merchants' markets are in Ayodhya and the nobles are impatient to reach the court.
Given the mood of the city, he might refuse such a command and even if he obeys, he will doubtless send riders to Ayodhya, to Bhandarkar.
It concerned the past actions of one Kerim Shah, a nobleman from Iranistan, who had dwelt for awhile in Peshkhauri before coming on to the court at Ayodhya.
Banker's Prince of Ayodhya is the first volume of what he calls a “twenty-first century retelling” of the great Hindu epic Ramayana, which would seem to promise a very different fantasy experience.
As Prince of Ayodhya begins, the lord of Lanka is already plotting to invade the human kingdoms with his demon hordes.