Sri Rama Temple (Ayodhya)

Sri Rama Temple at Ayodhya is one of the most sacred Vada Nadu Divya Desams, revered as the janmabhoomi (birthplace) of Lord Sri Rama — the seventh avatar of Vishnu and the embodiment of dharma, ideal kingship, and unwavering righteousness. Ayodhya on the banks of the Sarayu River in Uttar Pradesh has been a centre of Rama worship for millennia. Nammalvar sang of Rama with extraordinary emotional depth in Thiruvaimozhi, and Thirumangai Azhwar praised the Lord of Ayodhya in Periya Thirumozhi, celebrating the divine city where the Supreme Lord chose to be born as a human prince to demonstrate the perfection of dharmic life. For Sri Vaishnavas, Ayodhya represents the Vibhava (incarnation) mode of Vishnu's accessibility — the Lord who descends from Vaikuntha to walk among mortals, experience human joys and sorrows, and establish by His own example the path of righteousness for all beings.