Volunteers were on Friday given the task of arranging oil lamps at Ram Ki Paidi, a series of ghats on the banks of the river Saryu, for Deepotsav on October 23, ahead of Diwali.
Lord Ram’s kingdom Ayodhya is all set to celebrate another grand, illuminated Diwali under the Chief Ministership of Yogi Adityanath.
Yogi Adityanath started Deepotsav in the first year of his assuming office in 2017.
Everyone is working hard to make this Deepotsav magnificent and wonderful. This time Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also attend the mega celebrations.
The sixth Deepotsav is all set to break its own previous records, making it historic. The volunteers began lighting diyas at the Ram Ki Paidi ghats on Friday around 10 am. Numerous buses were used to transport the volunteers from the university campus to the ghats starting at 8 am.
As many as 5,000 volunteers were brought to the Ram Ki Paidi on several trips. The work of arranging lamps was started under the supervision of the ‘ghat coordinators’.
On the other hand, the figures of Ram Darbar and Ramayana period have been engraved on ‘Ghat number 10.’ All the volunteers wore Deepotsav ID cards around their necks and caps. The volunteers' chants of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ in between the task shows their enthusiasm for Deepotsav.
As the Deepotsav will be celebrated on October 23, by the afternoon of October 22, about 17 lakh diyas will be arranged at all the ghats. Deepotsav nodal officer and University Advisory Committee president Prof Ajay Pratap Singh said that everyone was trying together to make the sixth Deepotsav grand and historic.
Enthusiastic volunteers from the university have started decorating the diyas at 37 ghats. On the next day, about 22,000 volunteers from universities, affiliated colleges and voluntary organisations will be deployed.
Without a valid identity card, volunteers will not be permitted entry. Carrying someone else's identity card will result in action. A medical team has been stationed close to Ghat No. 3, according to Prof Singh.
The Guinness Book team will count the lamps placed on the ghats on October 22. Ghat coordinators and group leaders will be present while this task is being completed. Municipal sanitation workers have been deployed to clean the ghats.
Arrangements for refreshments and food have been made for the volunteers till Deepotsav under the leadership of refreshment and food committee head Dr Rana Rohit Singh
In the presence of ghat coordinators, food is being provided to the volunteers. The nodal officer said that on October 23, the target of lighting 15 lakh diyas given by the Uttar Pradesh government would be attained easily. Volunteers will light 17 lakh diyas for this, and the state will once more make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
The setting up of the diyas at Ram Ki Paidi is being watched over by sub-nodal officer Dr Sangram Singh, ghat coordinators, and office-bearers.