Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Ethan Nithin Mathew (born on August 14, 2021) of Kerala, India, set a record for identifying the maximum number of miscellaneous items. He identified 138 miscellaneous items including objects, fruits, vegetables, electronic items and toys in 17 minutes and 12 seconds, by hearing the names, at the age of 1 year, 11 months and 12 days, as confirmed on August 25, 2023.

Dr. B.R.Hiremath (born on August 3,1969) KSES Deputy Commissioner of Excise (Bengaluru Urban District 6) of Karnataka, India, set a record for the participation of the maximum number of people in a drug awareness walkathon. He supported the Karnataka State Excise Department, in association with M. Square Networks and the National Service Scheme, on the occasion of the ‘International Drug Awareness Day’ at Shree Kanteerava Stadium (Bengaluru) on June 26, 2022, wherein 15,000 people participated in the drug awareness walkathon, as confirmed on October 5, 2023.

Phoenix United (Upal Developers Pvt Ltd) of Uttar Pradesh, India set the record for making the ‘Biggest Wooden Diya’. The biggest wooden Diya measuring 32ft (width) x 24ft (height) x 8ft (depth) was made using MS frame iron structure, wooden ply, flex/vinyl, acrylic wick and a platform to support the base of the structure. The making of Diya started from October 30, 2023 and finished on November 5, 2023 at Phoenix United, Kanpur, Bargawan Alambagh, Lucknow, as confirmed on November 5, 2023.

Garudapalli Hansika (born on August 17, 2016) of Telangana, India, set a record for being the fastest to locate and name all Asian countries with capitals and currencies. She located and named all 48 Asian countries on an outlined map of the world along with their capitals and currencies in 1 minute, 17 seconds and 12 milliseconds, at the age of 6 years, 11 months and 24 days, as confirmed on August 10, 2023.

Pernod Ricard India, official partner of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 of Kolkata, West Bengal, India set the record for the largest replica of the ICC cricket world cup trophy. The Sculptor Mr Monti Paul has built the largest 3D replica of the cricket world cup 2023 trophy measuring 64 feet 6 inches in length and 8 feet 4 inches in width using steel structure (pipes, sectional rods and sheets) with Fibre glass moulded shapes and paint at City Square ground, New Town Kolkata, West Bengal, as confirmed on 14th October, 2023.

Suchitra Kharwandikar along with team members of Pune, Maharashtra set the record for the longest mehndi marathon by a group. The marathon went on for 12 hours wherein the 1644 people of a group 25 mehndi artists applied mehndi on the hands of 2632 females starting from 9.00 a.m. and ending at 9.00 p.m. at Utsav Sabhagrah, Kothrud Pune. Pune, as confirmed on October 22, 2023.

Sreyas R.C. (born on May 10, 2017) of Kerala, India, is titled ‘Grand Master’ for making a wall painting (measuring 44 inches x 60 inches) using chalk and natural materials, namely leaves, sand, beetroot juice, coconut and others, at the age of 6 years and 3 months, as confirmed on September 20, 2023.

Adhisesha B. (born on November 16, 2017) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making a large-sized doodle art on the wall (measuring 70 inches x 43 inches) using a black marker pen at the age of 5 years and 10 months, as confirmed on September 27, 2023.

Premnath R. (born on September 5, 1989) of Kerala, India (now residing in Moscow, Russia) set a record for making the largest magic square in MS Excel. He made the largest magic square on an MS Excel sheet with 11,111 rows and 11,111 columns. He used the numbers from 1 to 123454321 and the sum of all numbers of each row, column and diagonal is 685850485871. He made this magic square in MS-Excel, as confirmed on August 17, 2023.

Anaya Charaya (born on July 11, 2018) of Delhi, India, set a record for identifying the maximum number of famous places, monuments and landmarks. She identified 125 famous places, monuments and landmarks around the world including Munnar Hills, Nalanda University, Mysore Palace, Victoria Memorial, Statue of Liberty, Jallianwala Bagh, Sydney Opera House and others in 4 minutes and 59 seconds, by viewing their pictures, at the age of 5 years and 20 days, as confirmed on September 1, 2023.