Ayodhya Deepotsav Celebrations Set Two New Guinness World Records
The Guinness World Record was created for the most number of people performing 'diya' rotation simultaneously and the largest display of oil lamps.
The eighth Deepotsav in ayodhya created two new Guinness World Records for the world's largest display of oil lamps on Wednesday.
The records comes as lakhs of earthen lamps were lit on the bank of Saryu River in ayodhya in an attempt to set a world record to mark the Deepotsav celebrations, the first in ayodhya after the consecration of the ram temple in January.
The Guinness World Record was created for the most number of people performing 'diya' rotation simultaneously and the largest display of oil lamps.
A total of 25,12,585 oil lamps were lit in Ayodhya the Department of Tourism, the Uttar Pradesh government, and the district Administration during the Deepotsav celebrations. cm Yogi Adityanath, who was present at the occasion, received the certificates of the two new Guinness World Records
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath led the celebrations as he, along with his cabinet members and others lit the first few lamps to mark the launch of the Deepostav.
The entire town was decked up for the event even as music dedicated to Lord ram beamed from all corners reverberating in the air. Adityanath first had 'darshan' of Lord ram, then paid his respects at his feet, according to a statement from the government. After this, the chief minister lit lamps in front of the Lord.
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