On the festival of Naraka Chaturdashi, devotees prayed at the ‘Lete Hanuman Mandir’ in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday.

In the Shalivahan Shak Hindu calendar month of Kartik, the Hindu holiday known as Narak Chaturdashi occurs on Chaturdashi, the fourteenth day of the Krishna Paksha. Other names for it include Choti Diwali, Roop Chaudas, Kali Chaudas, Narak Chaudas, and Narak Nivaran Chaturdashi.

In the shrine, devotees were seen praying to Lord Hanuman.

Uttar Pradesh celebrates the holidays of Diwali and Choti Deepavali by decorating a number of locations.

Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, extended an invitation to everyone to join in the celebration on Wednesday and see the world record effort to ignite the diyas in honor of Deepotsav.

On the occasion of Deepotsav, the Uttar Pradesh government is prepared to try to achieve a Guinness World Record by lighting more than 25 lakh diyas in Ayodhya.

As more than 1,100 individuals conduct the biggest aarti together on Saryu Ghat today during the Narak Chaturdashi festival, another record will be attempted.

The five-day Deepavali/Diwali celebration is in its second day. Hindu legend states that on this day, Krishna and Satyabhama slew the asura (demon) Narakasur. On Chaturdashi Day, also called Narak Chaturdashi, Abhyanga Snan will start at 05:05 am and finish at 06:27 pm.

Diwali is celebrated annually by Hindus, Jains, and Sikhs to represent the triumph of light over darkness, joy over despair, and good over evil.

Known as the festival of lights, Diwali is celebrated with tremendous fanfare all around the country. People do puja, follow customs, adorn their houses with lights, diyas, rangoli, and decorations, eat delicious food and sweets, wear new traditional clothing, and more.

According to Hindu legend, Lord Ram spent 14 years in exile after killing Ravana and returned to Ayodhya on Diwali. During the festival of lights, people offer prayers to the gods Lakshmi, Ganesh, and Kubera for good health, riches, and success.