Maharshi Balmiki Ashram Babuapur : Named after the saint Maharishi Balmilki who wrote Ramayan in Sanskrit language in the time of Lord Rama. It is located 28 km from Faizabad city in Babuapur village directly connected with Dilasiganj. Shopping places Faizabad Chowk: Next to Ghanta Ghar, is the central market of Faizabad town. One can find vegetables, fruits and spices, jewellery shops, clothing and other retail. Rikabganj: About a kilometer away from Chowk (towards Lucknow) lies the Rikabganj market which has a multitude of pharmacies. The market also has some seed shops which cater to the farmers of the adjoining regions. Bajaja: (now known as Subhas Nagar)A place adjacent to Chowk towards Sultanpur Road holds a market for Clothes and garments. In Urdu Bajaja means cloth market. This area also holds major banks such as Union Bank of India, SBI and Allahabad Bank. Fatehganj: This is a market mainly for wholesale grocery and other house hold items. This area is on the same road on which Bajaja falls. Hotel Krishna Palace is adjacent to the fountain near Faizabad jail. This is the place which is near to Bus Station as well as Railway Station. Education Universities Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University Acharya Narendra Deva University of Agriculture and Technology Sports Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar International Sports Stadium Loc: is an international standard sports complex being built on NH 330 (Faizabad to Sultanpur Road) in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. The new sports complex would have astro turf, synthetic track, olympic size swimming pool, cricket field, hostels and other required facilities. It is the part of multi crore Rs. project for sports complex by state government. The Lokayukta office has received a complaint from one Bhanu Pratap Singh of Ayodhya who has accused the minister of corruption in the construction of Ayodhya International stadium. According to the complainant, the sports minister had a nexus with former sports director Hari Om and former project manager R.D. Prasad and had deliberately delayed the construction of the 86 crore Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar stadium, paving the way for an escalation of costs to 1.50 billion. Notable people Begum Akhtar or Akhtari Bai Faizabadi, singer Mir Anees, Urdu poet Pooja Batra, actress Brij Narayan Chakbast, nineteenth-century Urdu poet who is credited with the first translation of the Ramayana into Urdu Abhishek Chaubey, Bollywood film director Kathleen Crofton, an English dancer, was born is Faizabad Narendra Deva, political theorist