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

Chitwan District Chitwan District (, , ) is one of seventy-seven 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 , and in 2011 had a popul ...

Bagmati Province Bagmati Province (, ''Bāgmatī pradēśa'') is one of the seven Provinces of Nepal, provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. Bagmati is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest province by area. It is bordered ...

of southern Nepal. 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 crops on smallholdings to meet the needs of themselves and their families. Subsistence agriculturalists target farm output for survival and for mostly local requirements. Planting decisions occu ...

. Ayodhyapuri is one of the places thought and claimed by Nepal PM as the birthplace of the Hindu deity

Rama Rama (; , , ) is a major deity in Hinduism. He is worshipped as the seventh and one of the most popular avatars of Vishnu. In Rama-centric Hindu traditions, he is considered the Supreme Being. Also considered as the ideal man (''maryāda' ...

, based on the research of researcher Lok Mani Paudel, and the place where ancient Ayodhyapuri city lied. The Department of Archeology of Nepal 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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