◆ Counting of lamps carried out by drones, a new record recorded year after year
Ayodhya. Ayodhya made two new records after Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram settled in its palace after 500 years. Creating a new record, 25 lakh, 12 thousand 5 hundred and eighty-five lamps were lit at Depotsav 2024. Last year in 2023, 22.23 lakh lamps were lit. The second record was of Saryu Aarti, where 1121 Vedacharyas participated simultaneously. The yogi government has achieved this unique record for the first time. Following the counting of lamps carried out by drones, Depotsav has registered a new record in the Guinness Book of Records. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s commitment towards Ayodhya has brought Ramnagari back into the list of world records.
The representatives of the Guinness Book of Records witnessed this “Great Depotsav” of the Uttar Pradesh government and finally granted the world record status for lighting such a large number of lamps simultaneously at a single place. Under the leadership of the Yogi government, teachers of Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University and its affiliated colleges, teachers and students of inter-universities, voluntary organizations, saints, local public representatives, local administration, Ministry of Tourism and Culture, etc. , also played an important role. in the creation of the record. As soon as the scheduled time for lighting the lamps began, 25 lakh 12 thousand 585 lamps were lit one by one with the slogan of ‘Shri Ram Jai Ram Jai Jai Ram’. As soon as the representatives of the Guinness Book of World Records announced the creation of the record, the entire Ayodhya resonated with the slogan of ‘Jai Shri Ram’.
prosperity increases year after year
The records were achieved by lighting 1.71 lakh lamps in Ayodhya in 2017, 3.01 lakh in 2018, 4.04 lakh in 2019, 6.06 lakh in 2020, 9.41 lakh in 2021, 15.76 lakh in 2022, 22.23 lakh in 2023. This time more than 25.12 lakh lamps were lit. The prosperity of the state and the country increased with the increase of lamps every year under Yogi’s rule.
