DEEPOTSAV, AYODHYA, INDIA
(Photography assignment for Government Department of Tourism, Uttar Pradesh) DEEPOTSAV is an annual Hindu festival of Diwali celebration occurs in the city of Hindu diety Lord Rama, Ayodhya, U.P organised by Chief Minister of State, Shri Yogi Adityanath
All photographs are from year (2018-19,21)
The Ayodhya Deepotsav is probably the grandest celebration one will witness not just in the city but in the whole country. Artistes dressed as Shree Ram, Sitaji, Lakshmana descend via a helicopter (symbol of the Pushpak viman) at a grand Ramkatha Park. The Saryu bank witnesses a grand aarti and is illuminated with colorful lightning and lakhs of diyas. The previous year festival saw 6,06,569 earthen lamps lit at Ram ki Pairi, a Guinness Book World Record.
Activities of Deepotsav involves:
1. SHOBHA YATRA (Hindu cultural procession)
2. PROJECTION MAPPING
3. LASERSHOW
4. RAMLEELA RAM, LAKSHMANA, SITA, WELCOME AT RAM KATHA PARIL
5. LAMP LIGHTING & COUNTING BY GUINESS BOOKS OF RECORD
6. SARYU AARTI.
7. RAM LEELA (“Rama’s play”, is a performance of then Ramayana epic in a series of scenes that include song, narration, recital and dialogue.)
