Some Hindus claim that the exact site of Rama's birthplace is where the Babri Masjid once stood in the present-day Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. Modern-day Ayodhya is in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The Ramayana states that the location of Rama's birthplace is on the banks of the Sarayu river in a city called ' Ayodhya'. 'Birthplace of Rama') is the site that is hypothesized to be the birthplace of Rama, believed to be the seventh avatar of the Hindu deity Vishnu.