Khodal Dham temple trust said it had set a new world record with around 5.09 lakh persons singing the national anthem together.
The record was set during the idol installation ceremony of goddess Khodiyar at a newly-built Khodal Dham temple in Kagvad village of Rajkot district on January 21, 2017.
Initially the trust had said some 3.5 lakh people sang the anthem that day, breaking the previous record. In 2014, 2,54,537 people had sung the national anthem in Bangladesh.
"Against our primary estimate of 3.5 lakh, Guinness World Records have conveyed to us that little more than 5.09 lakh persons took part in the anthem singing. A certificate of this world record was also handed over to us," he said.
"The most people singing the national anthem simultaneously was achieved by Shree Khodal Dham Trust(India) in Kagvad, Gujarat, India," the certificate says.
"Around 11,000 observers from Guinness were deployed that day. Though more than eight lakh persons took part in the singing, the observers concluded that many were not singing. So the final figure has come to 5.09 lakh, which is still much higher than what we had estimated," Gajera said.
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