Longest Reading Relay in the World by Sahitya Akademi

By FnF Correspondent | PUBLISHED: 14, Mar 2024, 18:40 pm IST | UPDATED: 14, Mar 2024, 18:50 pm IST

New Delhi: Sahitya Akademi, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, achieved the distinction of longest reading relay in the world on 13 March 2024 in New Delhi.

Sahitya Akademi organized a daylong reading relay by Indian writers / poets in multiple languages at the Meghdoot Open Theatre, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.

It is significant that the record was achieved during the Festival of Letters, a literature festival of largest nature in terms of participation and the number of languages represented by the participants.

The event was monitored and assessed by World Book of Records, London and adjudicated by iudex International Law.