6/1/2012 Ayodhya
January 8th 2012 6/1/2012 Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.
The Ram Hotel in Ayodhya is nominated, seconded and unanimously voted India's noisiest hotel. Ayodhya is allegedly the birthplace of Rama, the god of all Hindu gods. This puts the town front and centre of the Haji (pilgrimage) trail.
Not long after I arrived 10 buses packed with pilgrims arrive and all pile into the hotel. I am later to discover that
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