Longest Hand-Print Painting To Cleanliness Drive: Maha Kumbh 2025 Enters World Records

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Last Updated:February 27, 2025, 17:43 IST

The 45-day long Maha Kumbh, the world’s largest gathering, concluded in Prayagraj on Maha Shivratri, marking the final day of the festival on Wednesday.

UP set set a Guinness World Record for the largest synchronized sweeping drive during Maha Kumbh 2025. (X)

The Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government has set three Guinness World Records including, the longest hand-print painting, a synchronized cleanliness drive by 15,000 sanitation workers, and the world’s first mass river cleaning.

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak received the World Records certificates achieved in different categories during the closing ceremony on Thursday, a day after the conclusion of mega event.

One of the records was the creation of the longest hand-print painting, a feat that saw over 10,000 participants come together in the Ganga Pandal of Sector-1. Spanning 80 feet in length and 5 feet in width, the artwork symbolised unity, social harmony, and collective spirit.
Over 15,000 sanitation workers conducted a synchronised cleanliness drive across four zones in the Mela Kshetra. Each worker was digitally counted using wristband-scanning technology to ensure accuracy.
300 sanitation workers made history by securing the world’s first Guinness record for a large-scale coordinated river cleaning effort simultaneously.

#WATCH | Prayagraj | The Uttar Pradesh government set a Guinness World Record for the largest synchronized sweeping drive during #MahaKumbh2025.UP CM Yogi Adityanath and deputy CMs KP Maurya and Brajesh Pathak received the award today pic.twitter.com/1VgpHHxbWA
— ANI (@ANI) February 27, 2025

CM Yogi Applauds Sanitation Workers, Volunteers

CM Yogi applauded the hard-work and dedication of the sanitation workers and volunteers who tirelessly worked for the successful completion of the Maha Kumbh.

He said, “I thank the people of Prayagraj – those who from the last two months took this event (Maha Kumbh) as the event of their home. I can understand that the city has a population of 20-25 lakhs, and hence what would have been the condition when 5-8 crore people came at one time…"

“The organization of Maha Kumbh-2025, Prayagraj, held under the successful guidance of Honorable Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji is giving new dimensions to the glorious saga of Indian traditions on the world stage. This huge event, illuminated by the divine aura of Sanatan culture, has created a new history by setting a record in the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’ for the maximum number of people cleaning a river simultaneously, the maximum number of workers cleaning one place simultaneously and the maximum number of people doing hand print painting in 8 hours. These achievements, which underline public participation and the historic efforts made in the field of cleanliness and art during the Maha Kumbh, will continue to inspire all of us by becoming a long-term symbol of cleanliness, safety and good management. Hearty congratulations to all the staff and dignitaries who made the ‘Mahakumbh of Unity’ a ‘Mahakumbh of Record’! for the maximum number of people cleaning a river simultaneously, the maximum number of workers cleaning one place simultaneously and the maximum number of people doing hand print painting in eight hours," he said in a post on X.

आदरणीय प्रधानमंत्री श्री @narendramodi जी के यशस्वी मार्गदर्शन में संपन्न महाकुम्भ-2025, प्रयागराज का आयोजन भारतीय परंपराओं की गौरव गाथा को विश्वपटल पर नए आयाम प्रदान कर रहा है।सनातन संस्कृति की दिव्य आभा से दीप्त इस विराट आयोजन ने सबसे ज्यादा लोगों द्वारा एक साथ नदी की सफाई… pic.twitter.com/IOr4036xb5
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) February 27, 2025

Earlier today, CM Yogi Adityanath, Deputy CMs Brajesh Pathak, Keshav Prasad Maurya and other cabinet ministers participated in a cleanliness drive at Arail Ghat in Prayagraj.

Maha Kumbh 2025

The 45-day long Maha Kumbh, the world’s largest gathering, concluded in Prayagraj on Maha Shivratri, marking the final day of the festival on Wednesday.

The Maha Kumbh had witnessed six special bathing dates — Paush Purnima on January 13, Makar Sankranti on January 14, Mauni Amavasya on January 29, Basant Panchami on February 3, Maghi Purnima on February 12 and Mahashivratri on February 26 — including three ‘Amrit Snans’.