A whopping 1.6 lakh people sang in chorus seven kirtans, or hymns in praise of god, of Telugu saint-poet Thallapaka Annamacharya yesterday evening, and broke a 70-year-old world record.
A representative of the Guinness Book of World Records announced that the previous record is broken at the grand spiritual musical event, organised to mark the 601st birth anniversary of Annamacharya.

"I have great pleasure in announcing that more than 70 years later the record has been broken," said Guinness Book representative Raymond Marshal amid thunderous applause at the sprawling Parade Grounds in Secunderabad.