Ayodhya: A Microcosm of India's Religious Divide.

India's rising tide of Hindu nationalism is eroding the country's secular underpinnings and presenting one of its biggest challenges: to safeguard freedoms for its Muslim minority. Ayodhya, a small temple city in northern India, has become a religious microcosm of India, where a diverse, multicultural past has gradually been overrun by ruptured relationships between Hindus and Muslims. The city is also a reflection of India's widening religious divide, where a systemic anti-Muslim fury has descended since Prime Minister Narendra Modi first assumed power in 2014.