Question

    The __________ city created a Guinness record by lighting 11.71 lakh clay lamps (diyas), as part of the ‘Shiv Jyoti Arpanam Mahotsava’ on the occasion of Mahashivratri.

    A Bhopal Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B Ujjain Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C Indore Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D Varanasi Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    E Nashik Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    Known as the ‘Land of Mahakal’, the temple town of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh created a Guinness record by lighting 11.71 lakh clay lamps (diyas), as part of the ‘Shiv Jyoti Arpanam Mahotsava’ on the occasion of Mahashivratri. A five-member delegation of Guinness Book of World Records saw the mammoth effort and offered the record certificate to Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Five drone cameras were deployed at the site.

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