On the map
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Sita Ki Rasoi
A small shrine inside the Ram Janmabhoomi complex itself, traditionally identified as Sita's kitchen, with model cooking vessels on display.
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Kanak Bhawan 0.7 km
The Sone-ka-Ghar in Ramkot, a temple which tradition says Kaikeyi gave to Sita as a wedding gift. The present building is nineteenth-century.
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Dashrath Mahal 0.7 km
The site held to be the palace of King Dasharatha, a few minutes' walk from the temple.
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Hanuman Garhi 1.2 km
A fortress-like Hanuman temple on raised ground, reached by seventy-six steps. By custom devotees come here before the Ram Mandir, and it is the centre of Hanuman Jayanti in Ayodhya.
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Nageshwarnath Temple and Ram Ki Paidi 3.5 km
The Shiva temple beside the Saryu ghats, and the flight of bathing steps that fills with lamps on Deepotsav night.
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Naya Ghat and Lata Mangeshkar Chowk 3.8 km
The Saryu riverfront and the square with the giant veena sculpture, where most Deepotsav events are held.
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Ram Katha Park 3.9 km
An open-air venue in Tulsi Nagar used for the Ramlila and for cultural programmes during festivals, with the Ram Katha museum nearby.
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Faizabad 5.7 km
The former district headquarters next door, an eighteenth-century Nawabi town with Gulab Bari and Bahu Begum ka Maqbara.
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Guptar Ghat 8.6 km
A quiet ghat on the Saryu in the old cantonment, traditionally the place where Rama left the world.
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Bharat Kund (Nandigram) 18.3 km
The village where, by tradition, Bharata waited out the fourteen years with Rama's sandals on the throne.
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Shravasti 109 km
A major Buddhist site where the Buddha is said to have spent many rainy seasons.
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Lucknow 135 km
The state capital and the nearest large city, with the closest big airport and railway junction.
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Gorakhpur 135 km
The city to the east, with the Gorakhnath temple and an airport, and the usual stop on the way to Nepal.
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Prayagraj 169 km
The confluence of the Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, and the site of the Kumbh.
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Varanasi 208 km
Kashi Vishwanath and the ghats of the Ganga, the most common second stop on an Ayodhya trip.
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Naimisharanya 216 km
An ancient forest pilgrimage centre in Sitapur district, where the Puranas are said to have been recited.