Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Shweta Nema (born on May 24, 1986) of Madhya Pradesh, India, set a record for holding the Tortoise Pose (Kurmasana) for the longest duration. She held the pose for 45 minutes, 26 seconds and 50 milliseconds at Samrat Ashok Technological Institute, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, on August 1, 2021.

Ethan Singh (born on August 26, 2011) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for achieving the maximum number of certificates in academics. He achieved 220 certificates in different competitions organised by reputed institutions including SOF, Crest, Cue Math, Humming Bird, LogIQids, Udayy, Logicology in English, Mathematics, Science, Coding, General Knowledge, Essay Writing, Drawing, Reasoning and Logicology, at the age of 9 years, 7 months and 7 days, as confirmed on May 3, 2021.

Deepesh C. P. (born on July 22, 2001) of Kerala, India, set a record for making the smallest Carrom board from wood. He made the smallest Carrom board (measuring 9.3 cm x 9.5 cm) from wood, as confirmed on June 11, 2021.

Aayush Kaustubh Joshi (born on August 14, 2012) of Maharashtra, India, set a record for solving the maximum number of Rubik’s cubes while being blindfolded. He solved ten types of Rubik’s cubes including 2 x 2 x 2, 3 x 3 x 3, 4 x 4 x 4, Pyraminx and Skewb in 8 minutes and 11 seconds (while being blindfolded) at the age of 8 years, 7 months and 22 days, as confirmed on June 30, 2021.

Vanya (born on June 19, 2018) of Uttar Pradesh, India, set a record for identifying the maximum number of countries by seeing their individual outline maps. She identified 195 countries by seeing their individual outline maps in 4 minutes, 53 seconds and 55 milliseconds at the age of 2 years, 11 months and 20 days, as confirmed on June 8, 2021.

Arnesh V (born on September 24, 2013) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for the fastest blindfolded recitation of the names of spacecraft in chronological order launched by India. He recited the names of 111 spacecraft in chronological order launched by India in just 1 minute, 33 seconds, and 59 milliseconds while being blindfolded, at the age of 7 years, 8 months, and 8 days, as confirmed on June 1, 2021.

Janvi Mary Sam (born on April 24, 2002) of Kerala, India, set a record for drawing the maximum number of portraits of Bishops. She drew 30 pencil portraits of Bishops of Malankara Syrian Church from 1665 to 2021 on 15 A4 size sheets (2 portraits on each sheet), as confirmed on June 22, 2021.

Hari Murali (born on July 2, 2000) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for painting six famous personalities including Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Kamal Haasan, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Charlie Chaplin and Virat Kohli with a single hair strand, as confirmed on June 16, 2021.

Rishana A.K. (born on May 9, 2003) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making a typographic portrait of Mahatma Gandhi within the map of India using words of his autobiography ‘The Story of My Experiments with Truth’ written in Malayalam, as confirmed on June 22, 2021.

Amala R.K. (born on January 15, 2004) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for singing a song while playing the keyboard from the opposite side with blindfolded eyes. She melodiously played and sang a Malayalam song on the keyboard from the opposite side while being blindfolded for 2 minutes and 42 seconds, as confirmed on July 5, 2021.