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People light lamps on the banks of river Saryu in Ayodhya, India, Friday, Nov. 13, 2020. The northern Indian city of Ayodhya kept its Guinness World Record for a second straight year by lighting more than 584,572 oil lamps and keeping them burning for at least 45 minutes on the banks of the river Saryu as part of the celebration of Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights. AP Photo/Rajeev Bhatt
South Asia

Indian holy city lights record number of oil lamps

The city lit 606,569 oil lamps this year along the Saryu river’s banks as dusk fell Friday in Ayodhya where Hindus believe the god Ram was born and where he returned after 14 years in exile