Taking note of the higher turnout of 2.5 million for the ritual in March 2009, Guinness upgraded the record recently as a religious event that draws the largest gathering of women, temple sources said.
Everybody knows what's happening. How I feel is not important. How the people are feeling is important'
The policy features a combined death benefit to be paid upon the death of the single insured that more than doubles the previous record, Guinness said in a statement.
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'The sari is the most comfortable attire for curvy Indian women, who are all bust and butt.'
Modi was on his first visit to Ayodhya after he laid the foundation stone of a Ram temple at the once disputed Ram Janmabhoomi site on August 5, 2020.
They set a Guinness World Record for 'Largest Silent Yoga Class.'
The 3D broadcasts of the speeches of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi during the 2012 Assembly elections have entered the Guiness Book of World Records, he stated on Thursday.
Ramoji Rao's rise to become the founder of Eenadu, the largest circulated Telugu daily, and a tycoon, from humble beginnings is legendary.
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A golfer in Texas blasted a ball 146 yards with the extra long club, smashing the Guinness world record.
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The event saw about 1.5 lakh volunteers, mainly youth, turn up for the event at YMCA Grounds here even as 50,000 of them formed the tricolour, Governor of Rotary 3230, organiser of the 'My Flag My India' campaign, ISAK Nazar, told reporters in Chennai.
As dusk fell, volunteers lit up nearly six lakh diyas lined up on the Saryu riverbank. 'Representatives of the Guinness Book of World Records witnessed this grand festival. With 5,84,372 earthen lamps, the event made the world record,' a state government statement said.
Terming the participation of thousands of people during the first International Yoga Day at Rajpath as "overwhelming", a representative of Guinness Book of World Records hoped that the event will set a world record.
For killa vibes in black look no further than Disha.
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a stunning late goal as Portugal beat Iceland 1-0 in Reykjavk on Tuesday to extend their perfect record in Euro 2024.
Shamila, a Coimbatore-based post graduate mechanical engineering student turned poultry farmer, holds an egg laid by one of the hens at her farm, which measured 3.1 inches in size and had a circumference of 5.5 inches and weighed 90 grams, in Coimbatore, January 5, 2023.
In a rousing display of patriotism and unity, over 15,000 people from the city On Wednesday participated in a mass singing of national anthem Jana Gana Mana, creating a world record in the process.
A British endurance cyclist has smashed the Guinness World Record for the fastest circumnavigation of the planet on a bicycle, riding 18,000 miles (29,000km) in under 80 days.
In 1991, The Guinness Book of Records listed Lata Mangeshkar as the most recorded artist in the world with not less than '30,000 solo, duet and chorus-backed songs' recorded in 20 Indian languages between 1948 and 1987.
Rediff reader Sathyamoorthy Venkatesan from Whitby, Ontario, Canada tells us how his son is making the most of the lockdown.
The lamp, which has been continuously burning since 484 years, has been officially recognised by the Asia Book of Records.
Politely decline to be prime minister, and hand the baton to someone else in the BJP -- like Sonia did to Manmohan Singh -- advises Krishna Prasad.
The yoga celebration led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the UN headquarters on Wednesday has created a Guinness World Record for the participation of people of most nationalities.
Glimpses from the Federation of Indian Associations' Indian Independence Day parade in Manhattan on Sunday, August 21, 2022.
As many as 5,885 students from the Chandigarh University and other schools and colleges along with volunteers of the NID Foundation and other dignitaries gathered for the flag formation at the Chandigarh Cricket Stadium here, according to a release issued by the university.
Known for its stunning feats, the team from the Army's Signal Corps made it to the record book on June 11 this year when it successfully displayed its skill to carry 251 men on 11 motorcycles for a record-breaking distance of 240 metres.
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A 50-year-old Spanish extreme athlete has emerged from spending 500 days living 70-metres deep in a cave outside Granada with no contact with the outside world.
The Australian wicket-keeper batswoman caught a ball, which was dropped from a drone, 80 metres above the MCG surface to break the previous record of 62 meters set by an Englishman Kristan Baumgartner in 2016.
'Not even in my wildest dreams did I think I would write a book one day.'
The 63rd edition of the famous annual is filled with jaw-dropping photos and never-before-seen stories.
The 39ft x 27ft envelop was made in a period of ten days last month by a group of 24 students belonging to the faculties of Fine Arts, Engineering, Architecture and Law, a varsity official said
An 11-year-old Indian boy set a new world record by flattening himself enough to skim under poles just 6.75 inches from the ground.
Subhash Chandra Agrawal, a businessman entered the record book for writing maximum letters in a life span, while his wife Madhu Agrawal for writing maximum letters in a year. Agrawal has written 3,699 letters till January 31, 2006, and his wife penned 447 letters in 2004.
India on Tuesday set a new world record with over 2,500 pregnant women performing Yoga together as part of the Second International Yoga Day at the Swaminarayan Temple hall on Kalawad Road in Rajkot, Gujarat.
