Published on : Monday, August 30, 2021
The Ramayana Circuit inaugurated by President Ramnath Kovind is one the 13 tourist circuits under ‘Swadesh Darshan’ scheme that straddles cities across India from Ayodhya to Rameshwaram that are believed to carry the footprints of Lord Ram during his exile.
Fifteen prominent destinations included in Ramayana Circuit are Ayodhya, Shringverpur and Chitrakoot in Uttar Pradesh, Sitamarhi, Buxar and Darbhanga (Bihar), Chitrakoot area of Madhya Pradesh, Nashik and Nagpur (Maharashtra), Nandigram (West Bengal), Mahendragiri (Odisha), Jagdalpur in (Chhattisgarh), Bhadrachalam (Telangana), Hampi (Karnataka) and Rameshwaram in Tamil Nadu.
A committee under the tourism ministry chaired by Mahesh Sharma has jotted down 15 destinations in the Ramayana Circuit to promote religious tourism. These areas will be developed by bridging infrastructural gaps and then linked to form a circuit.
On Sunday, Ayodhya remained sealed during the presidential visit and security forces didn’t allow even residents to venture out to catch a glimpse of the VIP convoy. Police put a trade union leader, Nand Kumar Gupta, Muslim leader Najmul Hasan Ghani and a Hindu leader, Maneesh Pandey, under house arrest till the departure of the President. Taking to TOI, these leaders said, they wanted to submit memoranda to the President on community issues. Farmers gathered at a rally were also put on a tight leash in Faizabad city.
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