138 hrs, 41 mins, 2 secs: Ramcharitmanas enters in Guinness World Records as world’s longest song

Dr Jagdish Pillai, who hails from Varanasi, set a Guinness World Record by singing the Shri Ramcharitmanas for 138 hours, 41 minutes and two seconds. This accomplishment has resulted in Shri Ramcharitmanas officially entering the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest song in the world.

Shri Ramcharitmanas is gaining global recognition and achieving milestones. It has been registered as the world’s longest song, which is 138 hours, 41 minutes and two seconds.

Dr Jagdish Pillai from Varanasi set a Guinness World Record by singing the Shri Ramcharitmanas for 138 hours, 41 minutes and two seconds. This accomplishment has resulted in Ramcharitmanas officially entering the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest song in the world.

After five years of broadcasting the rendition of Shri Ramcharitmanas on over 100 official audio channels worldwide, Dr Jagdish Pillai has secured his name in the Guinness World Records once again. He now holds the highest number of Guinness records in Uttar Pradesh.

Jagdish Pillai said previously, the record belonged to Mark Christopher Lee and The Pocket Gods, residing in Saint Albans, Hertfordshire, UK, with a song duration of 115 hours and 45 minutes. This was achieved on December 1, 2021.

While accomplishing the new record by playing instrumental music, Jagdish Pillai created a new melody for the entire book of Shri Ramcharitmanas, singing for 138 hours, 41 minutes, and two seconds, which was broadcast on numerous official music platforms such as Apple Music, Spotify, Amazon Music, and more.

Hence, the Guinness World Records has now officially recognised Shri Ramcharitmanas as the “Longest Officially Released Song” and the “Longest Song in the World”.

As early as 2016, Jagdish Pillai said, it was observed that the record for the world’s longest-officially released song was held by an American artist, but it was in instrumental music. Since India possesses great epics like Ramayana and Mahabharata, it was Jagdish Pillai’s desire to break this record and ensure that it belongs to India.

With his own rendition and through his own singing, Jagdish Pillai made relentless efforts to achieve this goal. The Guinness World Record holder stated that the video recording of the song began on May 20, 2019, following the guidelines of Guinness World Records.

But due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the recording was halted for over a year. It resumed later and the recording was completed on November 10 last year.

The process of preparing the 138-hour, 41-minute, and two-second song involved recording, editing, and mixing, which took a total of four years, 63 days, and 295 hours.

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