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All roads lead to Ram: Yogi Adityanath's many projects to boost Ayodhya tourism

The Ram temple can wait, but the UP government is pushing multiple projects to fast track religious tourism in Ayodhya.

In dire neglect for years, Ramkatha Park on the banks of the Saryu river in Ayodhya began buzzing with activity a few days before Diwali. Everything, including all approach roads to the expansive public space opened by the Kalyan Singh led Bharatiya Janata Party government in 1999, were getting spruced up. A day before Diwali, on October 18, Uttar Pradesh chief

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