Rotary Club Kumta, Karnataka, set a record for ‘Maximum Students Participating in a Postcard-Based Creative Writing Competition’. On August 7, 2026, 9,239 students from multiple schools participated in a postcard-based creative writing competition themed ‘My Dream Kumta’. Through their creative postcards, the students expressed their dreams, ideas and visions for the future development of Kumta. The initiative aimed to encourage creative expression among students, as confirmed on September 24, 2026.
RECORD BREAKING NEWS
- Maximum Students Participating in a Postcard-Based Creative Writing Competition
- Maximum Doctors Pledged for Antimicrobial Resistance Awareness in Skin and Dental Infections
- Grand Master – Shubham Verma
- Maximum English words read from a story book by a kid
- Maximum Gats of Indian Classical Ragas Played on Santoor by a Child
- Grand Master – Saral Raj Emimah
- Smallest handwritten book in the possession of a temple
- Fastest kid to swim 50 metres freestyle
- Maximum People Received CPR Training Using Manikins on World Heart Day
- Grand Master – Nilan Jeevith
- Grand Master – Kaniz Fatima Tuna
- Grand Master – Hala Mehrish E. K.
- Longest Hindi poem based on 23 Indian classics authored by an individual
- Fastest Autistic Individual to Identify and Sing Pakad of 50 Indian Classical Ragas
- Fastest toddler to solve 150 jigsaw puzzles
- Grand Master – Juana Maria Giby
- Grand Master – Yathvika Arun P. V.
- Tallest Medical-Themed Navaratri Golu Doll Display
- Grand Master – Jivaansh Kathuria
- Maximum HCPs Participating in a Postcard Pledge Campaign for Nutrition Awareness
- Maximum HCPs Participating in Early Screening for Allergic Rhinitis and Quality of Life
- Maximum Pre – University Students Participating in an Inter-Collegiate Cultural Festival in a Single Day
- Maximum Group Selfies Captured Using a Smartphone
- Fastest individual to write the Indian Pledge in mirror writing
- Fastest sexagenarian to write the cubes of numbers from 1 to 100
- Maximum distance covered on a round-trip motorcycle expedition by a trio
- Maximum Ashoka Trees Planted in Industrial Park
- First 3D Acrylic Painting Showcasing the Heritage of Indian Pickles in a Mall
- Maximum ENT Surgeries Performed by an Individual
- Maximum Vegetarian Dishes Served on a Banana Leaf
- Maximum poems written by an individual in Hindi
- Maximum countries’ national birds’ paintings made on a single sheet by a teen
- Grand Master – Rebecca Ann D Silva
- Maximum cobra snakes rescued by an individual in a single day
- Grand Master – Narahari Maheshwaram
- Grand Master – Priya Sarvari
- Grand Master – Ainaya Jain
- First Electric Scooter to Pull Passenger Aircraft for the Longest Distance
- Maximum Participants Performing Kathak Dance Simultaneously at a Single Venue
- Fastest kid to recall all 118 elements of the periodic table by the symbols
- Grand Master – Raniya Tharuvara
