Travelling to Ayodhya for Ram Temple inauguration? Here’s where you can park your vehicles

Where can you park your cars in Ayodhya?

Additional Director General (ADG), Traffic, BD Paulson told PTI that 51 places have been identified to park vehicles of guests coming for the ceremony.

These include five spots on Rampath, one on Bhakti Path Marg, four on Dharma Path Marg, five on Parikrama Marg, two on Bandha Marg, one on Tehri Bazaar Rampath to Mahobra Marg and seven places on Tehri Bazaar Rampath to Unwal Marg, he added.

Additionally, parking arrangements cover two spots on the Ayodhya to Gonda route, 10 on national highway 27, seven in Tirtha Kshetra Puram, three around Karsevak Puram tent city, and four at Ramkatha Mandapam tent city. These parking lots have been built on government, private and tourism department lands. Apart from this, vehicles will also be parked in the multilevel parking facility built here.

Ayodhya Traffic Circle officer, Rajesh Tiwari said six parking spaces located at Rampath and Bhakti Path have been reserved for the vehicles of VVIP guests.

Over 1,225 vehicles of VVIP guests will be parked here. Apart from this, nine parking spaces on Dharma Path Marg and Parikrama Marg have been reserved for VIPs. More than 10,000 VIP vehicles will be parked there.

Along national highway 27, eight parking spaces have been reserved for the police force, capable of accommodating over 2,000 police vehicles.

What are the scenes in Ayodhya like?

Several sprawling tent cities have been set up to accommodate tens of thousands of devotees who are expected to attend. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also be part of the consecration ceremony tomorrow. The Central government has planned live screenings across the country, as well as at some Indian embassies across the world.

Raj Sadan, the grand residence of the erstwhile Raja of Ayodhya, various temples and other buildings have also been lit up ahead of the consecration ceremony. The streets of Ayodhya are filled with strains of songs such as ‘Ram Aayenge’ and ‘Awadh Mein Ram Aayen Hain’ as saffron flags dot buildings in the temple town which has been revamped for the big day.