WORLD’S LONGEST FRESH FLOWER GARLAND

A new Guinness World Record for the World’s Longest Fresh Flower Garland was set , August 26 afternoon in Queens by New York City Councilman Jimmy Gennaro Ashrita Furman, holder of 206 current Guinness Records, and 200 meditation students of Sri Chinmoy(1931-2007) from 35 countries, including India to honor Sri Chinmoy’s 50 years of work for world peace. Sri Chinmoy(1931-2007) was a renowned peace visionary who founded the Oneness-Home Peace Run, world’s largest torch relay for peace, composed 21000 songs, wrote 1600 books and established meditation and peace centres in 60 counries The garland, which goes 5 miles in multiple loops on Joseph-Austin-Field in the borough Queens of New York surpasses the previous record by 1.9 miles (3 km) and weighs 4000 lb (1800 kg)

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