After the consecration of Ram Lalla, preparations have begun for the first Deepotsav to set a new world record. In the eighth edition of “Deepotsav” by Yogi Sarkar, Professor Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh, Vice-Chancellor of Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, under the management of Pratibha Goyal, in order to make Deepotsav-2024 historic, with the help of 30,000 volunteers With help, preparations have been completed to light more than 2.5 million lamps.
On Tuesday, 30 members of the Guinness World Records team, led by consultant Nischal Barot, started counting the lights of the 55 ghats in Saryu in the presence of supervisors, ghat directors, coordinators and counting volunteers.
Guidelines for volunteers
The university administration provided necessary guidance to volunteers and officials to make Dipotsav supernatural and magnificent. On the day of Deepotsav, October 30, one-liter mustard bottles will be provided for refueling the lamps. Volunteers will carefully pour oil into the 2.8 million lamps. Special care will be taken to ensure that oil does not fall on the ghat.
55 ghats are decorated with 2.8 million lights
The university administration has completed the work of decorating 28 lakh lamps on 55 ghats of Saryu. To prepare, the university deployed a massive team of more than two thousand people, including supervisors, directors and statistical volunteers. Under his supervision, more than 2.5 million lights will be lit at the festival.
In order to reflect the grandeur of the Light Festival on the world stage, volunteers on the university campus decorated the No. 10 River Altar with 80,000 swastika lanterns. This will send an auspicious message to the world. This will be the center of attraction.
Under the able guidance of Professor Pratibha Goyal, Vice-Chancellor of the University, 30,000 volunteers have made 55×16 light blocks at a height of 16 ghats, of which 256 lights have been decorated. Among them, one volunteer aims to light 85 to 90 lamps.
“No entry without I-card”
Deepotsav nodal officer Prof. Sant Sharan Mishra said the work has been completed by the university administration with the help of the Uttar Pradesh government and district administration. The lights at Ram Nagari 55 ghats are protected by the police administration and university security personnel. Security measures have been beefed up at the ghats. Entry without ID is prohibited. On October 30, the festival of Deepotsav, oil will be poured into more than 2.5 million lamps, wicks will be placed and lamps will be lit starting from 10 am under the supervision of supervisors, ghat leaders, coordinators and counting volunteers . Later in the evening, government-mandated times.
