LUCKNOW, June 25 -- Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to promote religious tourism between the two states. The initiative aims to attract pilgrims visiting Ayodhya and Mathura by developing sites linked to Lord Ram and Lord Krishna in MP, where the state government is working to establish new pilgrimage circuits to tap into the growing tourist inflow from UP.

"Lord Ram was born in Ayodhya and later crowned king, but during his 14-year exile, he is believed to have spent nearly 11 years in Chitrakoot before travelling to the south via Madhya Pradesh," an official said. "To attract spiritual travellers, the MP Tourism Board has launched a new initiative titled 'Shri Krishna Patheya'."...