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Udupi : As many as 4850 students from 23 degree colleges of the district wearing the same bade sing Vande Mataram to enter the Golden Book of World Records on Malpe beach near here in Udupi on Saturday, 2018.

On the occasion of to mark the 155^th Birth Anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, the event was organized by a voluntary organization, Samvedana Foundation which aimed at creating awareness for saving nature. The college students wore the same badge with the slogan “Save nature for the future” and sang the full version of the National Song, Vande Mataram. The event organized to achieve a Golden Book of World Record, the major goal was to create patriotic fervor among the students.

Singers like Sangeetha Ravindranath, Malini Keshav, Suhana Sayeed and other joined the group of large students. Earlier, the students brought a 1,750 feet long and nine feet wide national flag in a procession from the Gandhi Shatabdi grounds to the beach here in Malpe.

Speaking on the District in-charge Minister Pramod Madhwaraj said that the youths should be strive for building the country following the ideals of the great visionaries like Swami Vivekananda. The message of patriotism imbibed among the youths should send the unique message of oneness and brotherhood.

Santhosh Agarwal, Representative from Golden Book of World Record organization, New Delhi said that Udupi has created a world record wherein a large congregation has come together to sing the national song with wore a badge similarly which is for the first time that the maximum number of people gathered at one place and wore the similar badges.

Meenakshi Madhav Bannanje, Udupi CMC President, Dinakar Babu Zilla Panchayat President, Raghupathy Bhat and Lalaji Mendon former MLAs, G. Shankar, philanthropist, Sadhu K. Salian Entrepreneur, Laxminarayan Gupta of Sahara Radiants Society, Andhra Pradesh, Yash movie actor, Rajesh Krishanan Bengaluru, BJP leaders and others were present.

Earlier Dr. G. Shankar inaugurated the event. Arun Kallianpur welcomed the gatherings. Prakash Malpe and Prashanth Thingalaya gave key note address. Nikil Salian proposed vote of thanks. Damodar and Saujanya Hegde compered the programme.