Police patrolling the streets near a mosque on horseback in Ayodhya in the 1990's

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People milling the streets with their own business in this old city in Uttar Pradesh. Cycle rickshaws ply the busy streets in the city which was the home of Babri Masjid, before its demolition. Ayodhya is a legendary city for the Hindus as it is considered the birthplace of lord Rama and the setting of the epic Ramayana. It is also home to the biggest religious and communal tension in the country. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDCAM 1080i High Definition, Alexa and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your p