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• The central government last week decided to declare the “84 kos parikrama marg” around Ayodhya a national highway.

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• Road Transport and Highways Ministry has issued Draft Notification declaring ‘Chaurasi Koshi Parikrama Marg’ as National Highway in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
• All three parikramas in Ayodhya — the 15 km, 42 km, and about 275 km parikramas — are linked to Lord Ram.
• The Baal Kand of the Valmiki Ramayana mentions that Ayodhya was earlier known as Koshaldesh, intially spread over 48 kos, and was later expanded to 84 kos.
• The 84 kos parikrama is a circumambulation of Koshaldesh, touching all important places associated with the kingdom of Ram.
• The 14 kos parikrama is for the main Ayodhya city of that time, and the 5 kos parikrama circumabulates the inner circle within which the heart of Ram’s kingdom was located.

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/ayodhya-temple-parikrama-marg-up-govt-7423850/

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