CHENNAI: The fragrance of fresh flowers filled the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Monday morning, as the students of Annai Violet College of Arts and Science, along with florists, attempted to break a Guinness World Record.In support of world peace, chairman of the college, Dr NR Dhanapalan had organised the attempt to create the world’s longest flower garland on the occasion of his birthday. Sixty florists threaded yellow chrysanthemums with help from the college students. The attempt was to create a garland that was five kilometres long.The record is currently held by Ashrita Furman and a team of 170 friends from 35 countries who made the world’s longest flower garland dedicated to the 80th birth anniversary of the famous peace visionary Sri Chinmoy. In August 2011, the team had created a 3.46-km-long flower string, which consisted of 80,000 carnations of various colours, around Meadow Lake in Flushing Meadows - Corona Park, USA. One of the florists, Venkatesh, said, “The students wanted to thread the flowers, but it is not as simple as it looks. That is why we are doing the threading, as we have a time limit to maintain.” The students attempted to complete the five-kilometre-long garland within three hours, with the help of 100 volunteers. Approximately two tonnes of flowers were used and the attempt was recorded and sent to the Guinness Book of World Records for verification and recognition.Representatives of various religious communities participated in the flagging off of the event, and each prayed for peace in the world. Those present included Rev Dr M Ezra Sargunam, Bishop-President, ECI; Maha Namo Theoro, Chief Monk, Mahabodhi Society, and Giani Prathipal Singh, Head Priest, Gurudwara Sahib.
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