2,800 dancers set Guinness record

HYDERABAD (India): Over 2,800 Kuchipudi dancers performed the classical Indian dance at Hyderabad’s G M C Balayogi Stadium on Sunday, which created a new Guinness world record for the assembly of the largest number of such artistes.

President Pratibha Patil witnessed the mega event. Representative of the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ announced the new world record has been created by over 2,800 Kuchipudi dancers, most of them children.

Dance was performed in ‘hindola raga’ for over 11minutes. The participants came from about 15 countries and from every town of Andhra Pradesh. Show was choreographed by veteran Kuchipudi exponent and Padma Bhushan recipient Vempati China Satyam.

Prominent Kuchipudi dancers Yamini Krishna Muthy, Sobha Naidu, and Raja and Radha Reddy were also involved in the event.