Ujjain, Sept. 18 -- A world record was created in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain district on Thursday evening as 33.27 lakh diyas were lit simultaneously along the banks of the Kshipra River and at Mahakal Lok as part of the 'Seva Sankalp Abhiyan' launched across the state on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, according to an official release.

The campaign saw the simultaneous lighting of 3.55 crore diyas across Madhya Pradesh at 845 iconic locations. In Ujjain, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, BJP national president Nitin Nabin, state president Hemant Khandelwal and state in-charge Mahendra Singh lit the 'Ashirwad Ka Diya' at Ram Ghat along with local residents.

At 7 pm, as the siren sounded, devotees, citizens and more than 25,000 volunteer...