Today is Ram’s Diwali in Ayodhya after 500 years. Ramnagari is ready to receive his beloved. This is the first Diwali after the consecration of Ram Lala in the new temple. Obviously this time the preparations have also been great and divine. The shape of the Ram temple is now visible. Today will be full of happiness from the festival of lights to the arrival of the Lord at Pushpak Viman. Preparations continued until Tuesday evening.
Ayodhya roads are ready. From the streets and junctions of the city to the ghats of the Saryu River are also illuminated with lights. Today these ghats will be illuminated with 28 lakh lamps and will register their name in the Guinness Book of Records for the seventh consecutive time.
The paintings will be decorated with the character of Ram.
Today, paintings of Lord Ram’s character will also be decorated in the city and will be on tour. The Tourism Department has entrusted the agencies with the responsibility of decorating and beautifying Ayodhya. This time, the green and pollution-free fireworks in Ayodhya will also create a new paradigm.
Green fireworks will be seen.
The Ayodhya fireworks will be dispersed in the sky at a height of 120 to 600 feet without harming the environment. People within a five-kilometer radius can easily see this scene. In addition to fireworks, laser shows, flame shows and musical accompaniment will also be performed at Saryu Bridge at night.
Lord Ram to be crowned
The Bharat Milap program will be held at the helipad near Ramkatha Park. Lord Ram, Lakshman and Maa Janaki will come here for Pushpak Viman. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will give welcome and coronation of Lord Ram will take place at Ramkatha Park. In the presence of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, 1,100 people will perform a special ‘Aarti’ on the banks of the Saryu river.
Where will the festival of lights be celebrated today?
28 lakh lamps have been installed at Ram Ki Paidi, Bhajan Sandhya Sthal and Chaudhary Charan Singh Ghat. Of these, a target has been set to create a world record of 25 lakh lamps lit. Here, lamp counting continued at 55 ghats till Tuesday afternoon. A 30-member team led by Guinness World Records consultant Nischal Barot counted the lamps at 55 ghats of Saryu using drones.
An order of 28 lakh lamps was given to local artisans so that even if 10 per cent of the lamps were damaged, the target of 25 lakh could be achieved.
In many places, the lamps have been arranged in special patterns. The 10th ghat has been decorated with 80,000 lamps in the shape of a swastika, which is an auspicious symbol. This has become the center of attraction.
At the same time, the Ram temple complex was divided into seven zones for the festival of lights. In each area the lamps will be decorated by preparing a row of 100 each or a scratch in a special way. 51 thousand lamps will be housed here and will be on from 6 p.m. These lamps will remain on continuously for three hours.
10 thousand security personnel will take charge
Security personnel have been deployed throughout the city. 17 routes leading to Ram Ki Paidi have been closed to the public. Only pass holders are allowed entry. Police will be deployed to maintain order on these routes. Ayodhya Range Inspector General of Police Praveen Kumar said around 10,000 security personnel, half of whom are in plain clothes, have been deployed across the city to maintain the security of Depotsav.
Laser lights installed, drones fly over
Sant Sharan Mishra, the nodal officer of Depotsav, said all preparations have been made. Arrangements have been made to accommodate 5,000 to 6,000 people at the ghats. For others, 40 giant LED screens have been installed to watch the program live.
Artists from these countries will perform Ramlila.
The festival of lights aims to showcase the spiritual, traditional and cultural essence of the holy city, which also includes performances by artists from six countries – Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Indonesia and a performance by Ram Leela of Uttarakhand . Artists from different states will also perform in the program.
‘Cow lamps’ will also be lit
The Animal Husbandry Department has promised to light 1,50,000 ‘cow lamps’ during the festival. Livestock Minister Dharampal Singh has symbolically presented it to CM Yogi Adityanath. Special lamps that reduce soot and pollution will be used at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple. More than 30,000 volunteers will help decorate the ghats on October 30.
During this year’s Depotsav, the entire temple complex will be decorated with flowers. The State Information Department has made arrangements for live streaming of the entire programme. LED lights and vans will be installed all over Ayodhya and the city will be decorated with flower garlands and attractive lights. All Ram Ki Paidi shows will be telecast live on Doordarshan and social media platforms.
