DIWALI GUINESS WORLD RECORD FOR LIGHTS

THE NORTHERN INDIAN CITY OF AYODHYA BROKE A GUINNESS WORLD RECORD BY LIGHTING MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND CLAY OIL LAMPS ON THE EVE OF DIWALI, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS THE LAMPS WERE LIT SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR FIVE MINUTES ON THE BANKS OF THE SARAYU RIVER, WHICH RUNS THROUGH THE HOLY CITY GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS CONFIRMED THE RECORD TO CNN AND THAT THIS SURPASSED THE PREVIOUS TITLE OF 150,009 LAMPS