Ayodhya international airport could be renamed after Valmiki

The newly constructed international airport in Ayodhya could be renamed after poet Valmiki —celebrated as the author of epic Ramayana— during Prime Minister’s Narendra Modi’s upcoming visit to the temple town, people aware of the matter said on Thursday.

A view of Shri Ram International Airport ahead of its inauguration by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on December 30, in Ayodhya (PTI)

Prime Minister Modi is set to inaugurate the airport, currently called the Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram International Airport, on Saturday. People aware the matter said that the airport might be renamed as “Maharishi Valmiki International Airport Ayodhya Dham.”