Even as the twin towns of Ayodhya and Faizabad (recently renamed Ayodhya) turned into a fortress three days before the grand congregation of saffron forces to raise the pitch for construction of a Ram Temple, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad defied prohibitory orders on Thursday and held a road show to drum up support for their Dharam Sabha on Sunday.

Amid heavy deployment of CRPF, PAC and civil police across the town, highly placed sources told TOI they had clear-cut instructions that there should be no violation of the status quo at the disputed site.

Although officials refused to divulge security details, sources said a big chunk of additional forces has been deputed in the inner and outer cordon of the Ramjanmabhoomi premises.