Narendra Modi’s 66th Birthday: Bhakts aim to enter Guinness Book of World Records through record breaking celebration!

A Surat-based bakery chain Atul Bakery will create the world's tallest cake pyramid to mark Narendra Modi's 66th birthday.

New Delhi, Sep 17: Prime Minister Narendra Modi turns 66 today. In connection to the birthday celebrations, elaborate arrangements await the PM in Gujarat today. Modi, who flew down by an Indian Air Force aircraft, was received at the Ahmedabad airport by Governor O.P. Kohli, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, all state ministers and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders on Friday. Scores of BJP volunteers and people thronged the airport to cheer him.

Modi thanked everyone from a podium at a brief function and recalled the September 16 evening of last year when he had similarly landed here for his birthday. The Prime Minister made a night halt at the Raj Bhawan in Gandhinagar to seek the blessings of his mother Hira Ba on his birthday. After that, he fly to the tribal district of Limkheda to inaugurate water and irrigation schemes worth over Rs 1,700 crore. Celebrations at Navasari district in Gujarat aim to set three Guinness World Records and one at the national level, the organisers said. Here is how the celebrations are planning to set records. ALSO READ: Narendra Modi to celebrate birthday in Gujarat on september 17)

World’s tallest birthday cake (1st Record)

Narendra Modi’s birthday cake aims for a Guinness World Record! A Surat-based bakery chain Atul Bakery will create the world’s tallest cake pyramid to mark the PM’s 66th birthday on Saturday. Atul Bakery has joined hands with NGO Shakti Foundation to prepare the cake. The record breaking cake is an honour PM Modi mainly for his ‘Beti Padhao, Beti Bachao’ movement.

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Disabled-friendly kits (2nd Record)

The Navsari district administration has organised the country’s biggest ‘divyang’ camp to celebrate the Modi’s birthday on Saturday. Over 11,000 disabled people, including youngsters and children from across south Gujarat region have been registered for the camp. Modi will distribute disabled-friendly kits worth Rs 7 crore to the participants. Around  17,000 kits will be given to 11,223 differently-abled people. The event will be held at the Sai Garba ground on the Navsari-Gandevi road. The organisers aim to break a world record for maximum number of people in wheelchairs who form an image or a logo. The previous record was made in the US by 346 wheelchair-bound persons in 2010. On Modi’s birthday, the new record will involve 1,000 persons on wheelchairs, an official of the organising committee said.

Hearing aids (3rd Record)

Another record expected to be set anew will be by providing hearing aids to another 1,000 hearing-impaired persons. The previous record was made in Australia. “The programme is inspired by the central government’s ‘Accessible India’ campaign. Under this, people with disability will be given hearing aids, wheelchairs and tricycles, chairs meant for cerebral palsy patients, calipers and prosthetics and multi-sensory integrated educational development kits,” the official from the organising committee told IANS. ALSO READ: Narendra Modi to distribute aids, assistive devices to disabled on birthday)

 Oil lamps (4th Record)

As many as 1,500 oil lamps will be lit simultaneously at a single location to establish another record. The event will be monitored by officials from the Guinness World Records. The intended beneficiaries will also receive cheques for various amounts under the National Award for the Empowerment of Persons With Disabilities. Union Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Thawar Chand Gehlot will also be present at the celebrations, the officials said. The Prime Minister would leave for Surat on his way to New Delhi on Saturday evening. (IANS)