Live updates: Ayodhya celebrates grand Diwali with Deepotsav 2018

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Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government is celebrating a grand Diwali in Ayodhya, the birth place of lord Ram. The holy town has been decked up and among those attending the ‘Deepotsav 2018’ are Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik and South Korea’s first lady Kim Jung-sook. The celebrations began on Tuesday with Shobha Yatra by devotees in the streets of Ayodhya.

Here are the highlights of Ayodhya’s ‘Deepotsav 2018’:

06 November 2018

19:52 IST

Ayodhya Deepostav 2018 enters Guinness Book of Record for lighting 3,01,152 earthen lamps, on the bank of River Sarayu.

Ayodhya Deepostav 2018 enters Guinness Book of Record for lighting 3,01,152 earthen lamps, on the bank of River Sarayu. pic.twitter.com/HVZmKM63CU

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 6, 2018

18:22 IST

Visuals from 'Ram ki paidi', on the banks of Sarayu river in Ayodhya #Diwali pic.twitter.com/IpvQoEpu8x

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 6, 2018

17:53 IST

A medical college will be established here in Ayodhya, I want it to be named after King Dasharatha. We will also construct an airport here named after Lord Ram: UP CM Yogi Adityanath at Ram Katha Park #Diwali pic.twitter.com/ESJX8eRQp1

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 6, 2018

17:45 IST

Faizabad district renamed as Ayodhya.

17:42 IST

Ayodhya will get a new airport named after 'Purushottam Bhagwan Ram', says UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

17:38 IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath announces a medical college, which will be named 'Dasharath'.

17:37 IST

#WATCH: South Korean first lady Kim-Jung Sook arrives on stage at Ram Kath Park in Ayodhya, welcomed by CM Yogi Adityanath. pic.twitter.com/qhRhGSasUj

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 6, 2018

15:35 IST

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and South Korean first lady Kim-Jung Sook inaugurate the Queen Huh Memorial at Queen Huh Park in Ayodhya.

CM Yogi Adityanath and South Korean first lady Kim-Jung Sook inaugurate the Queen Huh Memorial at Queen Huh Park in Ayodhya. pic.twitter.com/qbDnQQeGZW

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 6, 2018

15:34 IST

South Korean first lady Kim-Jung Sook at Queen Hau Park in Ayodhya

South Korean first lady Kim-Jung Sook arrives at Queen Hau Park in Ayodhya #Diwali pic.twitter.com/MvelaHJian

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 6, 2018

South Korean first lady Kim-Jung Sook arrives at Queen Hau Park in Ayodhya. CM Yogi Adityanath also present. #Diwali pic.twitter.com/xIjf9DyrvT

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) November 6, 2018