By Scroll Staff
The administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya on Friday banned the delivery of non-vegetarian food within a 15-km radius of the Ram temple, The Times of India reported.
The decision came following complaints about food apps delivering non-vegetarian food in areas marked as the “panchkosi parikrama”, a 15-km spiritual circumambulation path around Ayodhya, PTI quoted unidentified officials as saying.
The administration also issued a warning to hotels and homestays serving non-vegetarian food and alcoholic drinks to guests, The Times of India reported.
Manik Chandra Singh, the assistant food commissioner in Ayodhya, told the newspaper that complaints had been received about online platforms delivering non-vegetarian food.
This was happening despite a ban imposed in May 2025 on the sale of meat and liquor along the 14-km Ram path, which is the route connecting Ayodhya and Faizabad.
Singh said that the ban has now been extended to the delivery of non-vegetarian food by online platforms.
“All hotels, shopkeepers and delivery companies have been informed of the ban order,” The Times of India quoted the assistant food commissioner as saying.
He added that continuous monitoring would be done to ensure compliance.
The Babri Masjid in Ayodhya was demolished in December 1992 by Hindutva extremists because they believed that it stood on the spot on which the deity Ram had been born. In January 2024, the Ram temple was inaugurated at the site in a ceremony led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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