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He showed the engraving on his brass badge: ‘Licenced Porter N.R. Rajesh Kumar, 30, who has been working as a coolie at the Faizabad Junction since 2008, is equally perplexed after the renaming of the station that is said to have been opened in 1874. Ram, who moved to Faizabad from Jalalabad in Shahjahanpur district when he was 12, said he was now in two minds - whether to call it “Faizabad” or “Ayodhya Cantt” while ferrying his passengers. Sadhu Ram, 55, a rickshaw-puller, who usually parks his vehicle in front of the iconic station building, said, “The change of name was not necessary.
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The recent move of authorities to rename the 19th century station, three years after Faizabad district was rechristened to Ayodhya, however, has drawn a mixed response from historians and local residents, many of whom feel it will “erase the identity of this historic city” and “create confusion”.Īnother section, though, welcomed the Uttar Pradesh government’s decision, with some saying the name ‘Ayodhya’ should be used everywhere in public places as “it is Bhagwan Ram ki nagari (city of Lord Ram)”. Old signboards at platforms painted over, trilingual signages on top of the station’s facade summarily removed and a banner bearing its new nomenclature ‘Ayodhya Cantt’ casually hung on its porch front - Faizabad Junction is in a state of transition.