SunstarTV Bureau: Ayodhya on Friday created a new Guinness world record by lighting over 5,84,372 lakh diyas as part of the ‘Deepotsav’ celebrations and breaking own previous record.
The Uttar Pradesh government on Friday celebrated the mythical event of Lord Ram’s homecoming to this holy town – a mythological tale based in ‘tretaya yug’ for which the festival of Diwali upholds its significance.
Chief Minister, Yogi Adityanath along with Governor Anandiben Patel arrived in the holy city to be a part of the divine ‘Deepotsav’.
पतित-पावनी माँ सरयू के तट पर आज त्रेतायुग का प्रतिबिंब देख मन प्रफुल्लित है।
आज वैदिक मंत्रों के मध्य 6,06,569 दीपों के प्रज्ज्वलन का बना विश्व रिकॉर्ड, अपनी संस्कृति के प्रति सुदृढ़ होते जन विश्वास का प्रतीक है।
यह विश्व रिकॉर्ड आप सभी राम भक्तों को समर्पित है। pic.twitter.com/jo3ZUTP9t7
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) November 13, 2020
According to sources, a Guinness team was present to judge the event. By creating this world record, the Ayodhya administration broke its own record it set last year by lighting 4,10,000 diyas.
“Representatives of the Guinness Book of World Records witnessed this grand festival. With 5,84,372 earthen lamps, the event made the world record,” a state government statement said.
