> A 40-feet high and 20-feet wide kurta painting made by Manisha Ogale of Thane — which took a total of 29 hours, 25 minutes to complete — is now being considered for the Limca Book of Records. Ogale’s creation is being exhibited at the New English School from May 31-June 5 in Thane. Ogale, […]Read More
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> World’s smallest Bhagwad Gita in the form of a pendant and containing 18 chapters and 700 shlokas in 24 carat gold letters is available for sale in select Ludhiana jewellery stores. The product has been created by Pawan Sinha, an associate professor of neuroscience at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Sinha had entered […]Read More
FOUR YEARS OLD GIRL WRITING ALPHABET IN 13 LANGUAGES IN
> M Shalini, a LKG student at Rotary school in Mysore has a innate ability to write with both hands at a time. Through her left hand she does a mirror writing, even as she is able to present the alphabet in a common way using her right hand simultaneously. She is able to write […]Read More
> Suneet Varma has done it – he has entered Limca Book of Records by creating the world’s longest embroidered saree which is all of 55 metres. The ace designer has termed the recognition a ‘sweet surprise’. Varma, along with a team of eight designers and more than 55 artisans, created the 55 metre long […]Read More
WORLD’S LARGEST FLORAL CARPET
> In what could be an attempt at adopting a corporate culture, the Kerala Soaps Limited is having a go at making the largest ever floral carpet in the world in Kozhikode. This is close on the heels of a multinational company attempting the same at a convention centre in Thrissur. The ‘Manavamaithri Snehapookkalam’, a […]Read More
> Jamyang Dorjee Chakrishar, a 56-year-old Tibetan Master Calligrapher, resident of Sikkim, India has created a 163.2 meters long calligraphy scroll – setting the world record for the Longest Calligraphy Scroll. The Longest Calligraphy Scroll in the World is 163.2 meters long and contains long life prayers composed for His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama […]Read More
Most Ganesha Idols Made by Hand in 24 Hours –
> Rama Shah, 48, a staunch devotee of Lord Ganesha, made 999 idols in 24 hours at the SIES College of Arts – setting the new world record for the Most Ganesha Idols Hand Made Non Stop in 24 Hours. The formal inauguration of lighting the traditional lamp was done at the hands of Shri […]Read More
A city-based electrical engineering student has entered into the World Record for having the most number of International research publications to her credit as an undergraduate researcher. 20-year-old V P Divya, a B Tech student of Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, has published 16 national and international research publications and seven more are in […]Read More
> The vertical lines with spaces certainly have a pattern. Something like a barcode on a book. But these cannot be read by the electronic gadget in a mall. Close an eye, slant the paper to a certain degree and watch. The lines and spaces suddenly metamorphose into legible and coherent sentences. Welcome to ‘Line […]Read More
> The pen is mightier than the sword, but a man in Hyderabad, India, has just made a pen that, in a pinch, could make a mighty fine weapon of its own. Social studies teacher M.S. Acharya commissioned the construction of a 16-foot-tall, 1-foot-wide brass pen that he calls “Bharatiya Pali,” or “India’s Pen,” to […]Read More