> 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
> 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
> 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
> 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
> The world’s oldest father has done it again, fathering a child for at least the 21st time, at the age of 90. Indian farmer Nanu Ram Jogi, who is married to his fourth wife, boasts he does not want to stop, and plans to continue producing children until he is 100. Mr Jogi admits […]Read More
> Jaswant Singh Khosa has accomplished a rare feat – he has completed his fourth hand-written copy of the 1,430-page Sikh holy book, which is possibly the largest and heaviest in the world. His fourth hand-written copy of the Guru Granth Sahib weighs 84kg and is 91.44cm in length and 66.04cm wide, breaking his previous […]Read More
> An Indian businessman has made the record books – after sporting 57 different beard designs in four years.Sameer Mehta, 37, of Gujarati, visits a barber every other day for around two hours to perfect his intricate designs. But he says it can take around a month, and up to £60, to complete each new […]Read More
> A Surrey man has broken his own Guinness World Record for having the world’s longest beard, which now measures just under eight feet long. Bhai Sarwan Singh, head priest at Surrey’s Guru Nanak Sikh temple, was initially hesitant to go for the Guinness world record. “I was a little bit uncomfortable because I did […]Read More
