Overview

• Guinness certified the lighting of 26.17 lakh earthen lamps along Ayodhya’s Saryu River ghats and a synchronized aarti by 2,128 devotees.
• A formal Guinness World Records certificate was presented, which officials touted as international validation of Ayodhya’s spiritual stature.
• Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath presided over the ceremony and used his address to criticize political rivals over their approach to Ayodhya and Lord Ram.
• Cabinet Minister Anil Rajbhar praised the feat as an emblem of cultural heritage and contrasted the government’s focus on Ayodhya with previous administrations.
• Opposition leader Akhilesh Yadav mocked the omission of Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya’s name from government Diwali advertisements, questioning the event’s optics.