Mahila Manovikas eyes Guinness World Record with 13-km crochet tiranga bunting
The organization Mahila Manovikas is attempting to set a Guinness World Record by displaying a 13-kilometer-long crochet tricolour bunting in Visakhapatnam. The project involved over 330 participants from various backgrounds working together to promote community engagement and women's skill-sharing.
Why it matters
The project demonstrates the power of community-led craft initiatives to foster social cohesion and achieve large-scale collective goals.
There is a certain rhythm to crochet that cannot be hurried. Every loop must find the next. Every knot must hold. Over the past few months, that rhythm has travelled from drawing rooms in Visakhapatnam to homes across India and overseas, where hundreds of hands have been working towards a common goal: knitting tricolour crochet flags for a World Record.
On August 1, more than 40,000 handmade crochet tricolour buntings stretching nearly 13 kilometres will be displayed at Port Stadium, Akkayyapalem, in what Mahila Manovikas hopes will become the world’s longest chain of crochet buntings and earn the organisation its fourth Guinness World Records title. A formal gathering of participants will follow on August 2 at CMR Function Hall, Venkojipalem.
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