Grand ‘Deepotsav’ Celebrated in Ayodhya, 2 Guinness Records | 10 points | Latest news from India

Dipotsav 2024 was celebrated in grand style in Ayodhya on Wednesday as thousands of people thronged the banks of the Sarayu River to celebrate Diwali.

This is the first Dipotsava celebration since the consecration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya in January this year. Stay tuned to MODE MODE here.

Two Guinness World Records were also set during the celebrations. The first award was announced for the most people doing the Action rotation at the same time.

The second award was for the display of 25,12,585 oil lamps by the Department of Tourism, Government of Uttar Pradesh, District Administration, Ayodhya. Both awards were received by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

25 lakh diyas were placed and lit along the banks of Saru River, creating a breathtaking spectacle, symbolizing the victory of light over darkness and promoting the spirit of unity.

Here is more about Deepotsav in Ayodhya

• UP CM Yogi Adityanath led the celebrations by pulling a chariot with artists depicting Lord Ram, Sita and Lakshmana, symbolizing Lord Ram’s return to Ayodhya.
• Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat along with Deputy CMs Brajesh Pathak and Keshav Prasad Maurya were also present during the celebrations.
• Flowers were showered from a helicopter on the actors playing the roles of Lord Ram, Lakshmana and Sita.

• Adityanath also said that this is a moment to remember all those souls who dedicated their lives to the Ram Janmabhoomi movement.
• “I bow to all those saints on this occasion, and also to the martyrs,” about 3,50,000,” who laid down their lives with one desire in leaving this world: that, whatever the cost, even the cost of their sacrifice, a temple for Lord Ram should be built on the land of Ayodhya,” said Adityanath.
• Meanwhile, Samajwadi Party leader and Faizabad MP Avadhesh Prasad said on Wednesday that Ayodhya the administration did not invite him for Deepotsav event.
• Accusing the BJP government of “politicizing festivals”, Prasad said, “I convey my greetings to all the people of Ayodhya on the occasion of Diwali. I consider it my luck that I was chosen here. BJP is also politicizing our festivals. I hope it will be a celebration of brotherhood. BJP is politicizing this festival and dividing people. I have neither received a pass nor an invitation to Dipotsav,” he told ANI.