Ayodhya Diwali Celebration 2018 LIVE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and South Korean first lady Kim Jung-sook on their arrival at the Queen Huh Park in Ayodhya, Tuesday. Nov 6, 2018. (Source: PTI Photo)

Ayodhya Diwali Celebration 2018 LIVE Updates: The Uttar Pradesh government has planned grand Diwali celebrations in Ayodhya, with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath likely to announce the construction of a 151-metre statue of Ram on Saryu river. The celebration is also set to create a world record of lighting the maximum number of diyas at one time.

First lady of South Korea, Kim Jung-sook, who is on a visit to India, joined the celebrations. CM Yogi Adityanath and Jung-sook inaugurated the Queen Hur memorial in Ayodhya. It is believed that princess Suriratna from Ayodhya married Korean King Kim-Suro, and became Queen Hur Hwang-ok 2,000 years ago.

The BJP had said that plans were afoot for the statue of Ram in Ayodhya after the inauguration of world’s tallest statue in Gujarat of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Diwali celebrations in Ayodhya this time are taking place amid a growing chorus in the party and the Sangh Parivar for the construction of a temple at the Ramjanmabhoomi through an ordinance. Many BJP leaders, including CM Adityanath, have been pitching for speeding the work towards the construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya in western UP, and some of them, including Union minister Vijay Goel, have suggested taking the ordinance route.