India, Sept. 13 -- Nearly six years after the Supreme Court's 2019 verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi case paved the way for a mosque on a five-acre plot in Dhannipur village, Ayodhya, the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF) has said the land is not enough for its ambitious project. The trust, constituted by the Sunni Waqf Board to oversee construction, has now begun scouting for at least 15 additional acres in the district to give shape to a larger plan in the close vicinity.

The Ayodhya Development Authority (ADA) had approved the mosque layout in March 2023, clearing the way for construction. The plan included a mosque, a super-speciality hospital, a museum in remembrance of 1857 freedom fighter Maulvi Ahmadullah Shah, and a community...