4850 students sing ‘Vande Mataram’ Wearing Badge to enter the Golden Book of World records
Pics by Prasanna Kodavoor
Udupi: The Samvedana Foundation Malpe is hopeful of etching its name in the record books as 4850 college students sang the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ wearing the same badge of the foundation to create a world record at the Malpe beach on Saturday, January 13.
The students wore the badge with the slogan ‘Save Nature for Future’ during the event. The event was part of the grand event in which people sang the national song of India the ‘Vande Mataram’
The formal stage function was inaugurated by Nadoja G Shanker president of Shamili Trust Udupi along with Pramod Madhwaraj district minister in-charge, Raghupathi Bhat former MLA and other dignitaries by releasing the tri-colour balloons.
After the stage function, students sang the national song ‘Vande Mataram’ wearing the same badge of the foundation to create a world record. Playback singers, including Rajesh Krishnan, Sangeeta Ravindranath, Malini Keshav Prasad, Surekha Hegde, Shruti Tumkur, Yashwant, Jagadish Puttur, Vaishnavi Manipal, Suhana, Nihal Tauro and others joined the students in creating the world record.
More than 23 colleges from across Udupi took part in the record-breaking attempt. A team of 30 musicians prepared the students for this event. The college students along with the playback signers sang the 4-minute national song ‘Vande Mataram’.
Officials of the Golden Book of World records monitored the programme. Drone cameras were used to capture the aerial images of the entire event. There were official time-keepers, who monitored the proceedings. After the signing, Chief Manager of Golden Book of World records Santhosh Agarwal handed over the temporary certificate to the organisers.
Prior the programme a 200-meter long National Flag was carried in a grand procession from the Gandhi Shathabdhi Maidan in Malpe to the beach. More than 10,000 people, excluding students, took part in the mega event.
In a country like India with huge population, what’s the point in attempting these meaningless ‘records’? I remember a similar stunt by different group to gather tens of thousands of students and do Yoga for ‘world record’! This is quite honestly very embarrassing. How about doing something that world respects? Otherwise, go out and clean the streets. These stunts are meaningless and laughable.
Mr. Pai you can nothing but just commenting… If you don’t want to support stay away…. They are trying to do something not like you. For you it’s meaningless but them they are doing something different.. sa