Ayodhya is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India, on the banks of the Sarayu River. It is one of the most complicated and ever-changing holy places in the world. In Hinduism, it has been a tirtha, or a place to cross over and be rescued, for thousands of years. Jains, Buddhists, Sikhs, and Muslims have also found it to be very essential (Singh & Kumar, 2020; Kumar, 2022). This deep, complex sanctity is now coming together with strong forces of religious nationalism, economic ambition, and mass tour