Rama was perhaps not born in Ayodhya. There is a principality in Jammu, Kashmir, which is supposed to be the land of Kaushalya's father. Some people believe that Rama was born
… there. However, why Rama was born as the son of King Dasaratha and Queen Kaushalya is because the two were Manu and Shataroopa (one of the Hindu Adams and Eves. There have been many since we believe in a cyclical universe) in their previous births and Lord Vishnu had promised them that in a future birth, he would be born as their son. (MORE)