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A Delhi-based passionate runner’s unique achievement on the auspicious occasion of Diwali is winning hearts online. Sending his followers good wishes ahead of the festival of light this Sunday, October 19, digital artist Vivek Choudhary shared a screengrab from Strava highlighting how he ran over 6 kilometres and completed a diya-shaped route on the map. “Today I ran and doodled a Diya on Strava,” wrote Choudhary as a caption to his eye-catching screengrab on which he edited his photograph holding a victory sign alongside the track marked exactly as a traditional Indian oil lamp. Today I ran and doodled a Diya on Strava.#HappyDiwali pic.twitter.com/wnMILwpH2H — Vivek Choudhary (@ivivekch) October 19, 2025 Passionate Runner’s Unique Track The man covered an exact distance of “6.37 kilometres” near his locality in Delhi. Choudhary completed his unique diya creation on the map in 41 minutes and one second. Delighted over his exceptional achievement, the man edited his photograph on the map while holding a victory sign and carrying a wide grin on his face. Today I ran and doodled a Diya on Strava.#HappyDiwali pic.twitter.com/wnMILwpH2H — Vivek Choudhary (@ivivekch) October 19, 2025 On the map, the diya-shaped track that Choudhary ran boasted a mix of green, blue and red colours, which he explained to a user signified the pace at which he went at different points of the route. When a user asked him, “What do the colours represent?”, Choudhary replied: “Pace (speed).” As Choudhary’s post went viral on social media, internet users asked him a variety of questions and applauded him. Some also felt motivated to shed their lazy lifestyle and start running. “That’s a great motivation for me to run again,” commented an individual. Someone mentioned, “Nice. A Diya on Strava – a creative Diwali touch.” A person said, “It looks like a bat.” “Next is a Christmas tree?” quipped a user, wondering whether Choudhary would create something similar on Strava for Christmas? When another individual raised curiosity over how Choudhary discovered the diya-shaped track on the map, he explained that it was one of his professional colleagues who told him about it. “A colleague (and an epic runner herself) told me about the route:),” he said.
