AnotherrecordforUP?
Already in Guinness Books of World Records for lighting over 5.50 lakh lamps during the Deepotsav Program in Ayodhya last year, the Yogi Adityanath government is set to add another world record to its credit when 50,000 videos of artists singing India’s national song ‘Vande Matram’ in all 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh will be uploaded on the website of Guinness Books of World Records to mark centenary celebrations of Chauri Chaura incident on February 4.
The centenary celebrations will be inaugurated virtually by PM Modi on Feb 4. He will also release a postal stamp through video conferencing.
To make the year-long centenary celebrations memorable, the state government has made special arrangements for singing the Vande Matram across UP. The event is being organised by the state’s cultural department and a rehearsal took place on Tuesday.
Principal Secretary Culture and Tourism Mukesh
Meshram claimed selected singers will recite Vande Matram in schools and other suitable places, well connected with the Internet, in a saluting position to set a unique world record.
After the rehearsal on Tuesday, singers will sing the first few lines of Vande Mataram in saluting position, which will be videorecorded for uploading. The Guinness Books of World Record will provide a link on its website to upload 30-second videos from different locations across the state.
Over 50,000 videos by different artists singing Vande Matram in saluting position will be uploaded into the website to register the record in the state's name. Earlier, China held the record when 10,369 videos of people in saluting positions were uploaded in
December 2019 in Beijing.
To ensure the videos are recorded and uploaded as per the plan and requirement of the Guinness Books of World Records, the state government has appointed a nodal officer in each of the 75 districts to supervise the event.
The video uploadings on the Guinness website will begin at 10 am, Wednesday and will continue till 12 pm on Thursday when the centenary celebrations are inaugurated by the PM. The first video will be uploaded from Chauri Chaura Memorial in Gorakhpur and other districts will follow.
The Guinness technical team will examine uploaded videos on Feb 5 and declare the result the next day. Besides record-achieving singing of Vande Matram, a deepotsav program will be held in UP to pay tributes to freedom fighters. CM Yogi Adityanath has already issued directives to organise year-long programs, including essay writing, debates, painting competitions to make people aware of sacrifices by freedom fighters.