Post Register. As part of the celebration of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, the north Indian city of Ayodhya set a new Guinness World Record by lighting 900,000 oil lamps and keeping them blazing for at. From Ayodhya's Deepotsav and Amritsar's Golden Temple to Kolkata's Kali Puja, these seven destinations offer a glimpse into India's diverse Diwali.