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In Pictures: Led By UP Chief Minister, How Ayodhya Celebrated Diwali In 2017
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Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath showers petals on artistes dressed up as Lord Rama, Sita and Lakshman in Ayodhya. (Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times)
Diwali celebrations in Ayodhya this year need no introduction. In a Treta yuga redux of the victors returning to Ayodhya in the mythological Pushpak aircraft, Rama and Laxman --- along with Sita, Hanuman and Sugreev --- took off in a helicopter from the Faizabad airstrip and land at a helipad at Ram Katha Sthal, near the Ram Katha Park.
Governor Ram Naik, along with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, his cabinet colleagues and Union ministers Mahesh Sharma and KJ Alphons received them.
Later, as night descended, the ghats of Ayodhya were illuminated with around 1.7 lakh diyas. Here are few of the images of the events in Ayodhya.
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