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7 unusual facts about Limca Book of Records


Benoy K. Behl

The Limca Book of Records, which records achievements in India, has estimated that Behl has criss-crossed across India to an extent of about 1,60,000 km (till 2006) while producing his documentaries on art and sculpture of India.

Chaudhary Prem Singh

His name features in the Limca Book of Records for winning 10 consecutive elections from the same constituency and the same party.

Holy Cross Shrine Mapranam

A candle made at this Church has been included in the Limca Book of Records as the largest candle in India.

KIIT University

In 2004 it was conferred the status of university, becoming the youngest institute to get university status in India and entered the Limca Book of Records.

Maa Aarki

Maa Shakti holds a record in the Limca Book of Records of holding the largest amount of dancers in the ground.

Ramzan Ali

Ramzan Ali is a hairdresser based at Delhi in India who entered the Limca Book of Records in 1999 for 150 hours of uninterrupted haircutting.

Regal Cinema

As per the Limca Book of Records it is the first air conditioned theatre of India.


Jyothi Surekha Vennam

At the age of 4, she was entered in the Limca Book of Records after crossing the Krishna River three times with a distance of 5 km in three hours, 20 minutes and six seconds.


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Aries Marine

On Punnamada Lake in Alleppey, Aries Marine built Aries Punnamada Chundan, the first steel snake boat (Chundan Vallam) and the longest boat of its kind, 144 feet long and accommodating 141 rowers, listed in the Guinness Book of World Records and Limca Book of Records.

Bhuvneshwari Kumari

Listed in the Limca Book of Records (For Sports Person of The Year 1992 and for The Most Number of Titles Won in Indian Sports),

Govinda sport

In 2012, one of Mumbai's leading Govinda groups, namely the Jai Jawan Govinda Pathak from Jogeshwari, had made an entry into the Guinness World Record and the Limca Book of Records by forming a human pyramid of 9-tiers (43.79 feet tall) at the Dahi Handi event held in Thane.