People across Ladakh lit butter lamps, candles, torches and mobile flashlights expressing their solidarity in the fight against COVID-19 on the call of Narender Modi, Prime Minister. 

R.K. Mathur, Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh had also appealed to the people to participate in the event. He thanked the people of the Union Territory of Ladakh for making this event a success and expressing their united resolve and unwavering confidence in the collective fight against COVID-19.

With the sound of the sirens blew at 9:00 pm by designated establishments such as Police Stations, SDRF offices and other offices in the twin districts, people turned off the lights of their homes and stepped out at their doors, balconies and terraces with traditional butter lamps, candles, torches and mobile flashlights, all the time abiding with the norms of social distancing. 

The event was observed widely across the towns and villages of Ladakh. Locals were also chanting healing mantras while lighting butter lamps. The monks living in the monasteries also lighted butter lamps to dispel the darkness spread by novel Coronavirus. 

Candles and butter lamps were also lit up at important historical places in and around Leh town such as Leh Palace, Shanti Stupa and Leh Bazar. The gates of the dedicated COVID-19 hospitals were also lit up as symbolic solidarity with the COVID-19 patients.