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Man Performs Yoga For 69 Hours Aiming To Enter Record Book

Darpan News Desk IANS, 22 Jun, 2016 11:11 AM
    In his bid to enter Guiness Book of World Records, a 45-year-old man successfully completed performing yoga continuously for 69 hours on the second International Day of Yoga on Tuesday in nearby Pollachi.
     
    The attempt by Dr V Gunasekaran titled "Longest Yoga Marathon (Male)" began at 5 PM on June 18 and ended at 2 PM on Monday.
     
    Talking from Pollachi, Mr Gunasekaran said that he took break for five minutes every one hour, as allowed, during which he consumed fruits and performed 200 asanas in the course of attempt.
     
    Though the adjudicator from the Guinness was not present, there were videos, photographs, timekeeper and nearly 1,000 audience during the four days, which will be sent for the entry into the record book, Mr Gunasekaran said.
     
    The yoga was held at a marriage hall.
     
    The existing record in this segment is held by a team in China, which had performed continuously for a little over 47 hours, he said.
     
    Mr Gunasekaran is teaching yoga to students of 40 schools in Coimbatore, Tirupur, Erode and Dindigul district for the last 10 years.

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