Jabalpur: Applying mehndi on hands is a common custom in Indian households, but a young software engineer from Jabalpur makes intricate mehndi designs on clothes. This rare passion of hers has got her name in the India Book of Records. She now wants to apply for the Guinness World Records and Asia Book of Records.
Anushree Vishwakarma has created a record for making mehndi designs on the longest cloth. She made a painting of Shree Ram Janki with a mehendi cone on a six-metre-long cloth in a record time of six hours. The painting drew a lot of appreciation and Anushree has been included in the India Book of Record. Fond of mehndi designs since her childhood, Anushree said she inherited the art from her mother. "My mother has been teaching art and craft to students for the last 30 years. She has always inspired me and encouraged me to follow my dreams," she said.
A software engineer by profession, Anushree works in a Hyderabad-based multinational company. Since the Covid pandemic, she is working from her home in Jabalpur. After office, she devotes time to her passion. Anushree said she always wanted to do something unique with mehndi designs. "While going through the profiles of the India Book of Records, I saw that a Kerala woman had recorded her name by drawing mehndi designs on four-metre-long cloth," she said.
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After this, she decided to challenge the existing record. She started working very hard on enhancing her skill and then approached the India Book of Records. An invigilator was engaged for her and Anushree made the design on six-metre-long cloth in six hours.
The India Book of Records said the record for making mehndi design on the longest cloth was set by Anushree Vishwakarma (born on September 13, 1997) of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. She made an intricate mehndi design on long cloth (measuring 19 feet and 6 inches x 1 feet and 8 inches), using mehendi cones, as confirmed on March 30, 2023, it said. "I now want to apply for Guinness World Record and Asia Book of Records," she added.
