Why Nepal Needs to Mind the Gap
Nepal’s prime minister K.P. Sharma Oli recently declared the real Ayodhya to be in Thori, a village in Nepal near the India border, adding that Nepal was a victim of cultural encroachment. He rationalised that the distance between Ayodhya in India and Janakpur in Nepal would have been far too great for a prince to traverse in ancient times, even for his bride! Based on
