Ayodhya is a city situated on the banks of the Sarayu River and birthplace of lord RAM in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the Ayodhya district as well as the Ayodhya division of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ayodhya was historically known as Saketa. Dant Dhawan Kund, Sapt Sagar Colony, Saketpuri, Kaniganj, Railway Colony, Babu Bazar, Vikash Puram, Pincodes 224001, 224123, 224133, 224135. Ayodhya was historically known as Saketa. The early Buddhist and Jain canonical texts mention that the religious leaders Gautama Buddha and Mahavira visited and lived in the city. The Jain texts also describe it as the birthplace of five Tirthankaras namely, Rishabhanatha, Ajitanatha, Abhinandananatha, Sumatinath, and Anantnath, and associate it with the legendary Bharata Chakravarti. From the Gupta period onwards, several sources mention Ayodhya and Saketa as the name of the same city.