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 the ‘longest bridge in the world’ has been achieved by Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge from Jiangsu, China.
The total length of the bridge is 164.8 kilometers (102.4 mi) and lies on the long viaduct on the Beijing–Shanghai High-Speed Railway line. Almost the entire length of the Danyang–Kunshan Grand Bridge is of the viaduct style of construction. The bridge is located on the rail line between Shanghai and Nanjing in East China’s Jiangsu province. The total cost of building the bridge was $ 8.5 billion and was completed in 2011.
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 creating ‘artful alphanumeric pictures’ has been achieved by Puppala Bapiraju from Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Mr. Bapiraju has drawn unique pictures using the numbers 1 – 100 & alphabets A – Z and creatively converted them into images of objects, cartoons and art. Pictures drawn by Mr. Bapiraju are learning enhancing for children.
The World Record “Fastest Calculation of LCM” has been achieved by Sayyad Rehan Ali from Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
Mr. Rehan has calculated the least common multiple (LCM) of 125 two digit numbers. Maximum time of a LCM calculation was 4 seconds.
Sayyad Rehan Ali had attempted the record in the programme Miracle of One an initiative of Non Profit Organization SRV SEWA (Shri Vision Social Empowerment & Welfare Association) on 05/11/12 at J. J. Public School, Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India.
The World Record of ‘program being broadcasted on most number of TV channels simultaneously’ has been achieved by Satyameva Jayate in India.
This talk show focused on a number of salient issues faced by the modern Indian society and received top ratings from media, critics as well as public. The show featured various sensitive social issues prevalent in India such as female foeticides, child sexual abuse, dowry, medical malpractice, honor killings, insensitivity towards the physically disabled, domestic violence, overuse of pesticides leading to pesticide poisoning, alcoholism, untouchability, plight of senior citizens and water crisis etc.
