The Ayodhya administration will attempt a replacement Guinness record during this deepotsav by lighting 7.5 lakh diyas (earthen lamps) at Ram Ki Paidi ghat on the banks of river Saryu on Diwali eve in November.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath, whose government has been celebrating deepotsav on Diwali eve regularly since coming to power in UP in March 2017, are going to be the chief guest at the event, officials said.
This will be the fifth deepotsav in Ayodhya and therefore the Ayodhya administration has started making preparations for the mega event.
“Around 7000 volunteers are engaged by the Ayodhya administration for the occasion. Most of them are going to be students of the Ram Manohar Lohia Awadh University, Ayodhya,” officials said.
Before the event, three trial runs will be dispensed by the Ayodhya administration to form sure final event pops smoothly. but lighting of diyas, deepotsav marks day long events at Ram Ki Paidi and laser show within the night.
A team from the Guinness record will be present in Ayodhya on deepotsav to guage the event.
“This year we’ll choose new Guinness record of lighting 7.5 lakh diyas in Ayodhya. Elaborate arrangements are being made for the event at Ram Ki Paidi,” said Ved Prakash Gupta, the Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Ayodhya Sadar assembly constituency.
In 2019, a record 4,10,000 diyas were lit and in 2020, the Ayodhya administration bettered the Guinness record by lighting 6,06,569 earthen lamps at the Ram Ki Paidi ghat in addition as few other ghats during the fourth deepotsav.
Due to Covid-19 pandemic concerns, only locals were permitted for deepotsav celebrations in 2020.
