{"id":24209,"date":"2019-10-29T12:59:10","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T17:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/?p=24209"},"modified":"2019-10-29T13:43:07","modified_gmt":"2019-10-29T18:43:07","slug":"ayodhya-deepotsav-guinness-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/ayodhya-deepotsav-guinness-records\/","title":{"rendered":"India Enters Guinness Book of World Records for Largest Display of Oil Lamps in Ayodhya This Diwali"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>India is on a record-breaking spree.<\/strong> With the Kumbh Mela 2019 having set up three new Guinness World Records, India has gone extra mile to create history in the celebration of Diwali this month. A new feather in the cap of India is the latest Guinness World Record \u2013 the largest display of earthen lamps in the temple town of Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>With the sparkling illumination of over six lakh earthen lamps or diyas penetrating the darkness of the new moon day over the banks of Saryu River, Ayodhya\u2019s deepotsav sent a message of India\u2019s unbridled enthusiasm and festive exuberance across the world this October 26. The Deepotsav 2019 broke the previous record of lighting 3 lakh 1 thousand clay lamps in 2018, for over Rs 130 crore allocated by the government of Uttar Pradesh.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24216 size-full\" title=\"Ayodhya\u2019s Deepotsav 2019: 6 lakh diyas for Rs 133 crore\" src=\"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ayodhya-deepotsav-2019.jpg\" alt=\"Ayodhya\u2019s deepotsav 2019, India diwali 2019, India in guinness book of world records\" width=\"675\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ayodhya-deepotsav-2019.jpg 675w, https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ayodhya-deepotsav-2019-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ayodhya-deepotsav-2019-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Ayodhya-deepotsav-2019-370x247.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Elaborate preparations have been made for the five days of Ayodhya\u2019s deepotsav to celebrate the return of Lord Ram from the exile<\/strong>. People from different walks of life enthusiastically participated in the record-breaking event on the first day of the celebration. Bigger and grander than 2018, the Deepotsav 2019 has uplifted the religious-politically mired image of the place where Lord Ram is believed to be born.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Deepotsav 2019, which the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh declared as a state event earlier, was followed by a symbolical <em>rajya abhishek<\/em><\/strong> (coronation) of Lord Ram, a spectacular <em>aarti,<\/em> a flamboyant procession and the traditional <em>Ramlila<\/em> performance. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath himself supervised the procession from the beginning till the very end. A massive stage for the coronation and <em>Ramlila<\/em> was set up at the amphitheater-like Ram Katha Park where artists from several countries gathered there for the celebration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All of the <em>diyas<\/em> continued to be lit for a minimum duration of 45 minutes making Ayodhya\u2019s Diwali 2019 celebration enter the Guinness Book of World Records<\/strong>. A magnificent model of Ram Darbar (Court of Lord Ram) was created at the Ram Ki Paidi ghat which was illumined inch by inch with the glittering four lakh and ten thousand <em>diyas.<\/em> \u00a0The Ram Ki Paidi ghat was transformed into a never-never land where all that glitters is gold.<\/p>\n<p><strong>On the occasion of Ayodhya\u2019s Deepotsav 2019, Yogi Adityanath introduced various schemes worth Rs 226 crore and laid the foundation of some of them<\/strong>. The Deputy Speaker of Fiji\u2019s Parliament was invited to preside over the celebration as a chief guest this year. In 2018, South Korea\u2019s First Lady was the chief guest to the deepotsav of Ayodhya.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 15px;\">This story is brought to you as part of the initiative, \u201cExplore India with Indian Eagle\u201d, aiming to promote what is good and inspiring about India through our overseas Indian community portal, Travel Beats. Travel Beats is a subsidiary of Indian Eagle Travel, a most sought after travel booking organization for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">cheap airline tickets to India<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India is on a record-breaking spree. With the Kumbh Mela 2019 having set up three new Guinness World Records, India has gone extra mile to create history in the celebration of Diwali this month. 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