Rotary International District 3262, Odisha, India, set a record for the largest number of students gathering to celebrate parental respect and gratitude. On June 23, 2025, Rotary International celebrated ‘Matru Pitru Bandana’ Utsav under the leadership of District Governor Rtn Yagyansis Mohapatra, where 1,420 students worshipped their parents on a single platform within 90 minutes, accompanied by the chanting of mantras and explanations by Brahmins. The event aimed to raise awareness among young students about traditional and cultural heritage, as confirmed on June 30, 2025.
RECORD BREAKING NEWS
- Maximum Students Participated in One-on-One Career Counselling Session Conducted in a Day
- Largest Digital Collection of Ganpati Wishes wrapped on a Car for Ganesh Chaturthi
- Biggest Distribution of Ganesh Idols on Wheat Grains
- Maximum People Participating in Langdi Race at a Single Venue
- Maximum Participation in a Generative AI Tech Hackathon
- Grand Master – Shaniba P.
- Largest Global Concordance Study on Grading Oral Epithelial Dysplasia
- Grand Master – Aayra Parth Kothari
- Grand Master – Nitesh Pandey
- Grand Master – Sai Karthikeya Saurav M
- Maximum Buddhist heritage sites visited in India and Nepal by a quartet on motorcycles
- First hospital in Asia to develop a Lab-in-a-Lab for gamete manipulation and embryo culture
- Highest mountain peaks of different continents scaled by an individual on a specified day
- Grand Master – Joash T. Sam
- Maximum runners participated in a relay run to pay tribute to Kargil Martyrs
- Grand Master – Abdul Rashid
- Oldest to cycle to three mountain passes and Siachen Base Camp
- Maximum hours spent by an individual in operating the dynamic positioning of vessels
- Grand Master – Aditya Kishore
- Grand Master – Atul Kumar Gupta
- Grand Master – Jino K. Joseph
- Maximum Pongamia Pinnata fruit pods painted by a kid to make the National Flag
- Maximum Doctors Pledged for Educating Patients on Diarrhoea Management
- Maximum riddles created in Malayalam and compiled in a book by an individual
- Largest Digital Mosaic Art of Yoga Mudras Depicting World Digestive Health Day
- Maximum international film awards won by a short live action English film
- Maximum Doctors Pledged to Create Anti-Infectives Awareness To Commemorate National Doctor’s Day
- Maximum Pledge Reels Generated by Pharmacists and Nursing Staff for VTE Awareness
- Longest Safe Chain Against Pain
- Grand Master – Amrutha Krishnan
- Fastest child to recite the first hundred multiples of a three-digit number
- Longest duration to perform the Ganda Bherundasana yoga pose by a child
- Grand Master – Tej Pranav S.
- Maximum General Knowledge questions answered by a child
- Maximum SMS and Emails Sent to Consumers for Creating Awareness on Electrical Safety
- Maximum People Pledged to Raise Awareness on Electrical Safety
- Largest Multi-Location Electrical Safety Awareness Rally
- Fastest child to solve 50 types of Rubik’s Cubes
- Maximum creatures identified alphabetically by a kid
