The World Record of “largest flaming image” was achieved by 118 Sandoz employees of Pakistan at the Hotel Serena in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
The World Record of “largest flaming image using candles consisted of 35,478 candles and was achieved by 118 Sandoz employees of Pakistan at the Hotel Serena in Faisalabad, Pakistan, on 10 December 2009.
The completed image was made of the Sandoz logo and motto and had an area of 910.45 m² (9,800 ft²). The number of participants who drew the image was 118 and it took them 7 hours to draw the image. After this, another 1.5 hours were needed to place the candles, and 42 minutes to set them alight.
The World Record of ‘most people dressed as mahatma gandhi’ has been achieved by Veer Chhatrapati Shivaji English Medium School Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.
In an event organized on October 07, 2012; One Thousand Ninety Nine (1099) students of class I to XII from Veer Chhatrapati Shivaji English Medium School, Raipur dressed as M. K. Gandhi.
The World Record of the ‘largest stadium in the world’ has been achieved by the Rungnado May Day Stadium from Pyongyang, North Korea.
The total capacity of the May Day Stadium is 150,000 people. It is a multi-purpose stadium and stages sporting events in the disciplines of Football, Athletics and various other Mass Games. It also hosts shows, parades and the festival of Arirang which involves Mass Gymnastics and Mass Artistic Records. The stadium was built in 1989 and is owned by the Government of North Korea. The total area of the stadium is 207,000 sq. meters. The main tenants of the stadium are the National Men’s and Women’s Football teams of North Korea.
The world record of “largest religious gathering of people at single location” has been achieved by Kumbh Mela held in Allahabad, U.P., India.
Kumbh Mela held in Allahabad from 14th Jan, 2013 to 10th March 2013 holds the record for the Worlld’s Largest Religious gathering. The number of people attending the Kumbh Mela in the year 2013 is more than 80 million. Kumbh Mela is a festival involving mass Hidu pilgrimage. It is held every third year in four different cities in India namely Ujjain, Nashik, Allahabad and Haridwar on a rotational basis. Thus, each of the above mentioned cities gets a chance to host the Kumbh Mela every twelve years.
The World Record of ‘most people dressed as Superman simultaneously’ has been achieved by Nexen from Calgary, Canada.
On 28 September 2011; Nexen: the Canadian energy company organized the event in which Four Hundred Thirty Seven (437) employees of the company took part and dressed as Superman. All these employees stood for 10 minutes to break the record. Each costume had the particular specifications as a whole blue body, red underpants, a S on chest of red and yellow color, a yellow belt and red shoes or boots with cover of red accompanied by a red cape. The company as well as the staff members shared the expenses of the costumes. The name of the event was “Be a superhero and was a drive to create awareness among people in order to explain the importance of charity in life and society. Event was organized for raising funds for a noble cause.
