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BAPS Swaminarayan 13-Volume Biography Sets Guinness World Record
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News18•05-10-2026, 23:15
BAPS Swaminarayan 13-Volume Biography Sets Guinness World Record
- •A 13-volume biography spanning 8,848 pages has set the Guinness World Record as the Longest Biography by a Single Author.
- •Authored by Sanskrit scholar Sadhu Adarshjivandas PhD, the work contains 2,146,447 words chronicling the 94-year life of Pramukh Swami Maharaj.
- •The official certificate was presented to His Holiness Mahant Swami Maharaj during a ceremony in Wembley, north London.
- •The massive literary work was researched and written over an intensive 38-month period from July 2017 to August 2020.
- •Over 310,000 copies of the biographical volumes have already been sold globally, preserving the spiritual leader's legacy for future generations.
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The 13-volume biography titled ‘Brahmaswarup Pramukh Swami Maharaj: Vistrut Jivan ane Karya’ earned the Guinness World Record for the “Longest Biography by a Single Author” with its 8,848 pages and over 2.1 million words.
The mega 13-volume biography was written by Sanskrit scholar Sadhu Adarshjivandas PhD, who researched and authored the extensive work over an intensive 38-month period between July 2017 and August 2020.
Earlier in the year, 12,723 children gathered in Vadodara to simultaneously recite all 315 Sanskrit verses of the ‘Satsang Diksha’ scripture, establishing the record for the “Largest Simultaneous Hindu Text Recital”.
