Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Tien Sen Tua Temple of Singapore, set a record for organising the largest display of statues of Bao Gong at the Bao Gong International Cultural Festival. There were 108  Bao Gong statues which were brought from temples all over the country and other countries to celebrate the diety’s 1023rd birthday, as confirmed on May 2, 2023.

Raymond Tan Wui Koon of Singapore, set a record of covering the maximum distance by walking on treadmill in a day. He walked 111.11 km on the treadmill at Anytime Fitness, Kim Seng CC starting on October 20, 2022 and finishing on October 21, 2022, as confirmed on May 2, 2023.

Lawrence Loh of Singapore, set a record of covering the longest solo bicycle expedition from North to South Europe. He travelled 7,400 km from the northernmost point of Europe, North Cape to the southernmost point, Tarifa riding a 25 Kg bike across 15 countries with 80,000 elevation climb in over 100 days, as confirmed on May 1, 2023.

Residents Network of Bukit Batok Zone 11,Singapore, set a record by making the largest Chinese character with food. The Chinese character 丰 (abundance) measuring 4.8 m x 12.8 m was made of Vadai, an Indian snack on the occasion of the Tamil Pongal festival and the Chinese New Year, as confirmed on April 29, 2023.

Athikha Shahanas. K (born on July 26, 2002) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making 6 small star-shaped lights (each measuring 2.5 cm in height and 1 cm in width) in 1 hour, 7 minutes and 45 seconds using coloured sheets of paper, LED light, battery and capacitor, as confirmed on March 23, 2023.

Shwetaben Thakorbhai Parmar (born on April 23, 1993) of Gujarat, India, set a record for performing the highest skydive clad in an Indian bridal salwar suit. She performed the skydive on January 18, 2022 at SkyhighIndia, Narnaul (from a height of 10, 000 feet above the ground level) clad in an Indian bridal salwar suit with heavy dupatta and bangles, as confirmed on February 3, 2023.

MIT World Peace University, Maharashtra, India, set a record for maximum students playing Djembe drums together, wherein 1,253 students of the university, under the guidance of Djembe drum player Amrutt Bhatt, gathered together and played Djembe drums between 6.00 pm and 8.00 pm at the MIT World Peace University Campus, Pune, Maharashtra, as confirmed on September 21, 2022.

Vivek Kumar (born on December 4, 1990) of Bihar, India (currently residing in the Netherlands), set a record for being the first Indian civilian to perform lowest Altitude High-Speed Low Passes’ with a fighter jet. He is also a professional weapon instructor and flew the fighter aircraft L-39 Albatross on August 27, 2022. The flight included multiple acrobatic stunts like loops, 360° rolls, split-S, vertical diving and climbing, tail chase and high-speed low-level passes at a record low of 1.5 metres, as confirmed on November 4, 2022.

Colonel Laxmi Kant Yadav (born on September 25, 1969) of Uttar Pradesh, India, with Pilots of Army Adventure Nodal Centre (Microlight), under the aegis of Army Service Corps and Army Adventure Wing, set a record for using the maximum types of microlight aircrafts in a formation flying. They used 3 types of microlight aircrafts comprising one Zen Air CH701 STOL, two X-Air (F) and one X-Air (Hanuman) in a formation flying performed from November 30, 2022 to December 6, 2022 to commemorate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, 11th ASC Reunion and 262nd ASC Corps Day, as confirmed on January 20, 2023.

Auto Today Magazine, Uttar Pradesh, India set the record for minimum time taken to cover 6000km in an electric vehicle. The journey started from Varanasi in the Mercedes-Benz EQS 580 electric vehicle on February 16, 2023 at 0000hrs and finished at Varanasi on February 20, 2023 at 16.45 hrs with the car driven non-stop from Varanasi to Kolkata to Chennai and onto Mumbai, Delhi and back to Varanasi in 112 hours, including 14 stops for charging in 18 hours. Driving time for the record journey was 94 hours.