Monday, September 03, 2007

Sikkim features in India's Guinness World Records



India holds 219 Guinness World Records, 10th most in the world. Here are some of them:

Largest cotton sculpture: A 2.29 meter-tall (seven foot, six inch) sculpture of independence leader Mohandas Gandhi made by Anant Narayan Khairnar.

  • Longest ear hair in the world: Radhakant Bajpai, measuring 12.5 centimeters (5.19 inches).

  • Longest nonstop team two-wheeler ride: Har Parkash Rishi, Amarjeet Singh and Navjot Chadha, 1,001 hours, covering 30,964 kilometers (19,241 miles).

  • Most published letters to newspaper editors: Subhash Chandra Agrawal with 3,699 as of January 31, 2006.

  • Most published letters to newspaper editors in a single year: Madhu Agrawal with 447 in 2004.

  • Fastest 16 kilometers (l0 miles) skipped: Vadivelu Karunakaren, 58 minutes, on February 1, 1990.

  • Fastest backward journey on foot: Arvind Morarbhai Pandya, 1,513 kilometers (940 miles) in 26 days, seven hours.

  • Fastest time to climb the seven summits, the highest peaks on each of the continents, including Australia's Mount Kosciuszko: Mastan Babu Malli in 172 days.
  • Highest golf course: Yak course at 3,970 meters (13,025 feet) above sea level in East Sikkim, India.


Source: Guinness World Records