Ayodhya. The eighth edition of Deepotsav of Ramnagari also wrote a new chapter. This year also, Ayodhya Dham broke its record for the seventh time in a row and set a new record. A new record of lighting 25 lakh 12 thousand 585 diyas simultaneously has been created.

As soon as the counting of diyas lit at 55 ghats of Saryu was completed, the new record was announced and the people present there were overjoyed. When Guinness World Records consultant Nischal Barot handed over the certificate to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, every audience expressed their happiness with applause. Along with this, a new record of Saryu Aarti of 1121 priests simultaneously has also been created in Ramnagari.

Inauguration after greeting of saints

After the coronation program of Lord Shri Ram in Ram Katha Park, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who arrived at Ram Ki Paidi at around 6:30 pm, greeted the saints and sages present along with Union Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and other cabinet members. After this, the programs were formally inaugurated.
The Chief Minister performed Abhishek and Puja of Mother Saryu. After that, he started the Maha Aarti of Mother Saryu along with 1121 Batukas, saints, women and others present on the banks of Saryu. Meanwhile, the saints and religious leaders kept chanting mantras. The entire campus was filled with devotion. During the Aarti, the banks of Saryu at Ram Ki Paidi were bathed in colorful lights. The volunteers posted on the ghats, in-charges and others were chirping with joy.

30 thousand volunteers lit diyas

After the Maha Aarti, all the saints, volunteers, ministers, mayor, MLAs, Vice Chancellor of Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University Prof., present along with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, were greeted by the program. Pratibha Goyal and others lit the diyas. 30 thousand volunteers started lighting the diyas one by one with candles that were already decorated at Ram Ki Paidi, Bhajan Sandhya Sthal and various ghats of Chaudhary Charan Singh.
After a short interval, the ghats of Saryu were illuminated with the divine aura of the lamps. There was joy all around. After lighting the lamps, the 30-member team of Guinness World Records counted the lit diyas under the leadership of consultant Nischal Barot. During the counting, people present on the ghats and roads stood with bated breath.

At an interval of about half an hour, 25 lakh 12 thousand 585 diyas were found lit together for five minutes. With this, when the announcement of a new world record being made for the seventh time in a row was made, there was joy all around.
The redness of the new record was bright on everyone's face. The entire area was spreading amazing colors through projection lighting and flame show. People kept capturing the unmatched, unique, unimaginable scene of every moment of this rainbow color in their cameras. They kept taking selfies and clicking each other's photos.

Laser show and drone show spread amazing colors

As soon as the new record was established, every building, every ghat situated on the banks of Ram's Paidi, including Ram's Paidi, were bathed in colorful lights. The laser show and drone show held simultaneously spread amazing aura.

The figures of Lord Ram, Sita and Lakshman along with other great men entertained a lot through the drone show simultaneously. People also took a lot of photos to make this amazing scene unforgettable forever. The fireworks done on the Gonda Saryu bridge adjacent to Ram's Paidi also kept creating amazing enthusiasm and excitement.

This is how world records were made in the previous Deepotsav

New records have been continuously made in the Deepotsav started by the Yogi government of the state from the year 2017. This was the seventh time a new record was set. In the previous Deepotsav in 2017, 1.71 lakh lamps were lit simultaneously.

3.01 lakh diyas were lit in the second Deepotsav of 2018, 4.04 lakh diyas were lit in the third Deepotsav of 2019, 6.06 lakh diyas were lit in the fourth Deepotsav of 2020. After this, a record of lighting 9.41 lakh diyas in 2021, a total of 15.76 lakh diyas in 2022 and 22.23 lakh diyas in the seventh Deepotsav of 2023 was made.