There are at least 6,000 shrines and temples in the historic, Indian holy city of Aydohya. But with many of them crumbling, locals worry they risk being sidelined by a controversial huge new temple that's being built.
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A massive temple under construction in the holy city of Ayodhya is a key election issue in India's Uttar Pradesh state. They believe it was built on the ruins of a temple dedicated to Lord Ram, and that Ayodhya is his birthplace.
As money and attention flows to the new Ram temple, thousands of locals whose livelihoods depend on the city's numerous other shrines are wary. They fear if their future - and that of their older, often decrepit temples - is part of the government's ambitious plan to turn Ayodhya into a tourist hub.
Video by Nitin Srivastava and Neha Sharma.
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