Ayodhya, Oct 25 (HS): Ayodhya and Ujjain

have consistently established

and shattered records for illuminating

vast quantities

of earthen lamps (diyas) during the Deepotsav and Mahashivratri festivities. Continuing the tradition of world records in lighting lamps, the

city of Ram (Ayodhya) is now preparing to create a new history. Ujjain set a

world record by lighting 33.27 lakh lamps on September 17, the birthday of

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Now, the target has been set to light 30 lakh

lamps during the Deepotsav in Ayodhya. Upon achieving this target, Ayodhya will

become the second largest city in the world for lighting the maximum number of

lamps simultaneously.

On November 7, the target has been set to

light 30 lakh lamps on the 56 ghats of the Saryu river bank. 33 lakh lamps are

being procured for this purpose. The Deepotsav began in 2017 with the lighting

of 1,87,213 lamps. In the very first year, Ayodhya broke Ujjain's record of

lighting 1.51 lakh lamps. During Deepotsav, 3,01,152 lamps were lit in 2018,

4,04,026 in 2019 and 6,06,569 in 2020.

Ayodhya created a new record by lighting

9,41,551 lamps in the year 2021. After this, Ujjain broke Ayodhya's record by

lighting 11,71,078 lamps on Mahashivratri in the year 2022. In the same year,

Ayodhya again created a new record by lighting 15,76,955 lamps. In the year

2023, 18,82,229 lamps were lit in Ujjain, but Ayodhya surpassed this record by

lighting 22,23,000 lamps in the same year. In the year 2024, 5.51 lakh lamps

were lit in Ujjain. Whereas, more than 25,12,000 lamps were lit in Ayodhya. In

the year 2025, a Guinness World Record was created by lighting 26,17,215 lamps

on 56 ghats of Ramnagari (Ayodhya0.

A world record was created on PM's

birthday: On September 17 this year , on the 76th birthday of Prime Minister

Narendra Modi , a record of 33,27,125 lamps were lit on the banks of the Shipra

River in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. In such a situation, the target of lighting 30

lakh lamps in Ayodhya this time is less than Ujjain's record. However,

Ramnagari is preparing to light about 3.83 lakh lamps more than its last year's

record of 26.17 lakh lamps. To surpass Ujjain's record, Ayodhya will have to

light about 33.28 lakh lamps.

Match Analysis:

Ujjain versus Ayodhya

Ujjain (September 20, 2026): Established a

new record during the 'Ashirwad ka

Diya' initiative for

Prime Minister Narendra

Modi's 76th birthday, lighting 33,27,125

diyas along the

Kshipra river in

three minutes.

Ayodhya (October 19,

2025): Earlier set the Guinness World Record at

Deepotsav '25, illuminating 2,617,215 oil lamps

across 56 ghats

by the Sarayu River.

Ayodhya Organized Aarti (October

2025): In addition to its lamp achievement, Ayodhya established a record for the largest

number of individuals

performing an aarti

at the same time,

totaling 2,128

priests and scholars.

Ujjain (February 2023): Established a new

record on Mahashivratri by illuminating 18,82,229 diyas along

the Kshipra river, exceeding Ayodhya's former Diwali

achievement.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi