Lucknow, Feb. 3 -- Catapulted to the global stage by the Pran Pratishtha (consecration) ceremony of Ram Lalla on January 22, Ayodhya will grow and become much more than a temple town when 161 Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) of over Rs.8769.52 crore, which were signed at the Uttar Pradesh Global Investors' Summit in February last year, are rolled out at the proposed groundbreaking ceremony with the involvement of at least 25 state government departments. The number of projects and their value may go up further when the ceremony is held soon.

The state tourism and housing departments will launch projects of over Rs.2020 crore and Rs.3234 crore, respectively.

"At present, three major housing projects are coming up in Ayodhya. (These in...