Madhya Pradesh

• 02 Mar 2022

'Shiv Jyoti Arpanam' program

Why in News

On the occasion of Mahashivratri on March 1, 2022, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan along with his wife Sadhna Singh started the 'Shiv Jyoti Arpanam' program by lighting 15 diyas at Ramghat of Kshipra river in Ujjain.

Key Points

• In the 'Shiv Jyoti Arpanam' program, the work of lighting the lamp started at Ramghat. The people of Ujjain registered the name of Ujjain in the Guinness Book of World Records by lighting 11 lakh 71 thousand 78 diyas together at Ramghat, Datta Akhara, Narsingh Ghat, Guru Nanak Ghat, Sunhari Ghat.
• Representative of Guinness Book of World Records Nischal Barot handed over the certificate to the Chief Minister.
• Ujjain set a new record in the Guinness Book of World Records by breaking the record of 9 lakh 41 thousand lamp lighting set in Ayodhya last November.