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Deepotsava festival commences in Ayodhya

Ayodhya ,Nov 4 (UNI) The three-day Deepotsava festival, a prelude to Diwali, started with presentation of Ram Leela by a cultural troupe from Laos in the Vivekanand auditorium of the Dr Ram manohar Lohia Awadh University in Ayodhya on Sunday.
Senior officials from Lucknow accompanied the district officers to review the arrangement where over 3 lakh earthen lamps or Diya will be lighted on November 6. The function on that day will be attended by Governor Ram Naik, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and other dignitaries. But the main attraction in this Diwali celebrations will be First Lady of South Korea Kim Jung-sook, the wife of South Korean president Moon Jae-in.
She will attend the programme on November 6, when 3 lakh earthen lamps would be lightened. In 2017 over 1.71 lakh diyas were lighted and it was a Guinness record.
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