Author: Asia Book of Records Team

Kiran Surendran (born on March 10, 1997) of Kerala, India, set a record for being in the Sirsapadmasana yoga pose for the longest duration. He held himself in the Sirsapadmasana yoga pose (a combination of two asanas Sirsasana and Padmasana) for 25 minutes and 18 seconds, as confirmed on May 1, 2021.

Pranav Sivakumar (born on April 7, 2007) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for making a caricature of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He glued eight chart papers together to make a big caricature of Prime Minister Narendra Modi (measuring 4.10 feet in width and 7.25 feet in height) in 16 minutes and 34 seconds, at the age of 14 years and 1 month, as confirmed on May 26, 2021.

Sakshi Agrawal (born on July 31, 2002) of Bihar, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for compiling a palindrome poetry book along with her co-compiler. The book, titled ‘Rejoicing Life’ (ISBN: 978-16-39042-64-7), is published in April 2021 and consists of 104 poems written by 52 writers. Each poem includes the word ‘Life’. The poems are written in original and reverse manner and each poem has a different meaning when read. This style of poetry is also known as ‘Palindrome Poetry’, as confirmed on May 20, 2021.

Joseph K. J. (born on November 16, 1985) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for writing a unique book using the first initial letter rhymes. The book, titled ‘Sukrutha Sookthangal (ISBN: 978-93-90790-35-7), is published in 2021 and consists of 365 thoughts written in the Malayalam language. The book is unique as each thought in the book consists of 6 lines and all the lines of the thought start with the same letter, as confirmed on April 7, 2021.

Adil Teli (born on August 15, 1997) of Jammu & Kashmir, India, set a record for undertaking the fastest journey by bicycle from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. He started his journey on March 22, 2021 (at 7.30 am) from Ghanta Ghar, Srinagar, Kashmir and completed on March 30, 2021 (at 9.07 am) at Cape Comorin Kanyakumari covering a distance of 3600 km in 8 days, 1 hour and 37 minutes, as confirmed on May 8, 2021.

Yash Baliyan (born on May 19, 2002) of Rajasthan, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for performing the maximum number of diamond push-ups in 30 seconds. He performed 64 diamond push-ups in 30 seconds, as confirmed on May 18, 2021.

Avyaan Sharma (born on August 19, 2016) of Haryana, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for reading several kids’ story books in 30 minutes. He read 15 story books in 30 minutes, at the age of 4 years and 7 months, as confirmed on April 6, 2021.

S. Kirthihashen (born on March 6, 2016) of Tamil Nadu, India, set a record for performing the maximum number of cartwheels in one minute. He performed 35 cartwheels in one minute at the age of 5 years, 1 month and 23 days, as confirmed on April 29, 2021.

Aayush Krishnanivas Supal (born on July 31, 2015) of Kerala, India (currently residing in Dubai, UAE), is titled as Grand Master for writing multiplication tables from 1 to 11 in short duration. He wrote the multiplication tables in proper format from 1 to 11 in five minutes, at the young age of 5 years, 8 months and 5 days, as confirmed on April 5, 2021.

Nived K.V. (born on May 12, 1996) of Kerala, India, is titled as ‘Grand Master’ for carving out on pencil leads the names of countries to have hosted Asian games along with their years. He carved out the names of 18 countries, which hosted Asian games, along with their years on 18 different pencils, as confirmed on March 16, 2021.