In honour of Mahashivratri, Ujjain, a temple town in Madhya Pradesh, lit nearly 21 lakh earthen lamps as part of the "Shiv Jyoti Arpanam 2023" programme, setting a Guinness World Record in the process. The state's culture department was in charge of planning the "Shiv Jyoti Arpanam" in Ujjain. And the city government successfully carried out the event.
A world record for lighting 11 lakh 71 thousand 78 diyas on Mahashivaratri was previously set in Ujjain in the year 2022. In the previous year, the city surpassed the previous record held by Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya, where 9,41,551 lamps were lit.
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