Lucknow, June 29 -- The International Ramayan and Vedic Shodh Sansthan in Ayodhya will be developed into a degree college, Sansthan officials said, adding certificate, graduate and post-graduate courses would be offered by the institute, which would continue to support research work on the Ramayana and the Vedas.

At present, the state government is running the institute from a building in Ayodhya.

The government renamed Ayodhya Shodh Sansthan as International Ramayan and Vedic Shodh Sansthan in December 2023. The cultural department of the state government has been the Sansthan since August 18, 1986.

The government has asked the Ayodhya administration to look for a land where the college could be set up.

According to the Ayodhya admin...