Ayodhyapuri ( ne, अयोध्यापुरी) is a former village development committee and now a part of Madi Municipality in

Chitwan District Chitwan District (, , ) is one of 77 districts of Nepal, and takes up the southwestern corner of Bagmati Province. Bharatpur, largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu, is its administrative centre. It covers . In 2011 it had a population of 579 ...

Bagmati Province Bagmati Province ( ne, बाग्मती प्रदेश, ''Bagmati Pradesh'') is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. The province is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest provinc ...

of southern

Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 10,693 people (4,914 male; 5,779 female) living in 2,555 individual households. The main economic activity among villagers is

subsistence agriculture Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements, with little or no su ...

. Ayodhyapuri is one of the places thought and claimed by Nepal PM Mr. Oli in 2022 to be the birthplace of the Hindu deity

Rama Rama (; ), Ram, Raman or Ramar, also known as Ramachandra (; , ), is a major deity in Hinduism. He is the seventh and one of the most popular '' avatars'' of Vishnu. In Rama-centric traditions of Hinduism, he is considered the Supreme Bein ...

, But there are no evidence of it, as per history and evidence the actual birth place of Rama is in Ayodhya near saryu river in UP state of India. The Department of Archeology of

has started an archeological excavation to look for evidence in support of Ayodhyapuri's claim.

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Populated places in Chitwan District Village development committees (Nepal) Archaeological sites in Nepal {{Chitwan-geo-stub

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