Overview
- The Ayodhya administration barred non-vegetarian sales and deliveries within a 15-km radius of the Ram temple covering the Panchkosi Parikrama area.
- The order extends to shops, restaurants, hotels, guesthouses and homestays, and explicitly to delivery platforms such as Zomato and Swiggy.
- Assistant Food Commissioner Manik Chandra Singh said stakeholders were formally notified on January 8 with promises of continuous monitoring and strict action for violations.
- Officials said the step follows complaints that tourists were obtaining non-vegetarian meals through online orders, with reports of some establishments serving non-veg food and alcoholic drinks to guests.
- The move builds on a May 2025 municipal decision targeting liquor and meat on the Ram Path, which reporting says has seen patchy enforcement, while some accounts note older British-era restrictions in Ayodhya.