Ayodhya: The holy city of Ayodhya on Friday (November 13, 2020) made a new record by lighting over 5.84 lakh diyas as part of the ‘Deepotsav’ celebrations.
The celebrations have now made it to the Guinness World records for ‘the largest display of oil lamps’ that were lit on the banks of river Saryu in Ayodhya.
The Uttar Pradesh confirmed that there were 5,84,572 diyas that were lit as the part of the first Deepotsav celebrations since the Supreme Court’s verdict on the Ram Temple Construction.
UP CM Yogi Adityanath also participated in the ‘Deepotsav’ celebrations. He said that they’re going to light 7.51 lakh diyas in 2021.
He also offered prayers to Lord Ram at the Ram Janmabhoomi site and performed an ‘aarti’.
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