Guinness World Records set by Ayodhya for lighting over 4 lakh diyas

Uttar Pradesh state government’s Deepotsav celebrations on the eve of Diwali in Ayodhya has set a Guinness World Records as 4 lakh 10 thousand ‘diyaas’ were lit on the banks of Saryu river.
Apart from this, more than two lakh ‘diyaas’ were lit elsewhere than the ghat. In all, more than 6 lakh ‘diyaas’ were lit.
Last year’s record was of three lakh one thousand one hundred eighty six ‘diyaas’ at the ghat.