Madhya Pradesh’s Shiv Jyoti Arpanam celebration in Ujjain came to the rundown of Guinness World Records on Tuesday, hustling in front of Uttar Pradesh government which lit 9.4 lakh oil lights in Ayodhya on November 3, 2021.
In Ujjain, area authority Asheesh Singh said, 14,000 volunteers all the while illuminated 11.7 lakh oil lights on the banks of Kshipra. News office PTI said more than 11.71 lakh oil lights, or diyas were lit all the while at Ramghat, Datt Akhara, Narsingh Ghat, Guru Nanak Ghat and Sunhari Ghat.
A five-part group of Guinness World Records affirmed the new record with the assistance of five robot cameras. A testament was given over to boss pastor Shivraj Singh Chouhan by the authorities at an occasion held in Ujjain.
Ujjain is home to Mahakaleshwar, one of the 12 jyotirlingas related with Shiva.
The express government’s way of life division facilitated an excellent occasion called ‘Shiv Jyoti Arpanam’ in Ujjain, which was executed by the city organization, authorities said. The program, which was coordinated to beat the record of Deepotsav of Ayodhya, was begun after boss pastor Shivraj Singh Chouhan lit eleven lights.
“You have not just made a record by lighting 11,71,878 lights, yet additionally composed the historical backdrop of this blessed event in brilliant letters,” the central clergyman said in a tweet joined by an image while tolerating the endorsement from Guinness World Records authorities.
Asheesh Singh, who has been generally credited for getting Indore the cleanest city tag in Swachh Survekshan-2019, has designated to guarantee that the occasion was eco-accommodating and accomplished the ‘zero waste’ objective.
The eco-accommodating advances taken by the organization incorporated the utilization of volunteer character cards produced using reused paper, utilization of paper matchboxes for lighting the lights and candles, and that of biodegradable cutlery and plates for food and drink, they said. The earthen lights will be subsequently reused to make icons, pots, kulhads (tea cups) in addition to other things. Oil bottles also will be reused, PTI said, citing anonymous authorities.
