The word "Ayodhya" is a regularly formed derivation of the Sanskrit verb yudh, "to fight, to wage war".[1]Yodhya is the future passive participle, meaning "to be fought"; the initial a is the negative prefix; the whole, therefore, means "not to be fought" or, more idiomatically in English, "invincible".Шаблон:Sfn This meaning is attested by the Atharvaveda, which uses it to refer to the unconquerable city of gods.Шаблон:Sfn The town is called as the Dakshina Ayodhya or (Ayodhya of South India) .
Geography
Location
Ayothiapattinam is located 7 km east of Salem city. It acts as a gateway to Salem City for the people coming from east and northeast districts of Tamil Nadu. It is located 35 km from Yercaud, 168 km from Coimbatore, 195 km from Bengaluru and 330 km from Chennai.
Demographics
At the 2001 India census,[2] Ayothiapattinam had a population of 9,956. Males constituted 50% of the population and females 50%. Ayothiapattinam had an average literacy rate of 67%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; with 56% of the males and 44% of females literate. 11% of the population was under 6 years of age.
As per Legend, Rama, Sita, Lakshmana and Hanuman while returning from Sri Lanka Stayed in the Bharadvaja Maharishi Ashrama Which was located here. The great Rishi Bharadvaja wanted to see the divine pattabisheka of Rama. Rama wanted to full-fill the wishes of Maharishi and he gave a darshan to the maharishi and Bharadvaja maharishi prathishtaied the Archa roopam of Sri Rama.[3]
The sanctum sanctorum was built by king Adhiyaman and the other mandapas with great Architechture built by Tirumala Nayaka. This temple is one of the Purana kshethram and Abhimana sthalam as it is mentioned in Ramayana and highly worshiped Vishnu temple.
