Muslim Cultural Landscapes of Ayodhya-Faizabad (India) a Geographical Scenario

Ayodhya for a period of over two thousand years has borne witnessed to the presence of Jainism, Buddhism, Shaivism, Vaishnavism, and Islam (Sufism) too projected city as place of religious solidarity. According to the ancient history, Ayodhya was one of the holiest cities where the religious faiths of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Islam flourished together to build a place ofenormous sacred importance. Ayodhya records ca 186 Muslim sacred properties, consisting of mosques, mazars (tombs), idgahs (prayer ground), Karbala (burial place), etc. that together makesdistinct sacred/ritual landscapes. Ayodhya-Faizabad represents an aesthetic and unique type of religio-cultural landscape and heritagescape that include natural, cultural, and tangible andintangibles heritages, and variety of cultural landscapes. The existence, maintenance and functioning of intangible heritages and Muslim sacredscapes together with other religious groupmake this city a role model for understanding spirit of place, ritualscapes, and finally a model forinclusive heritage development based on mosaicness of religio-cultural landscape.