India sets anthem-singing world record

Ahmedabad: Half a million Indians have set a new world record by performing a mass rendition of their national anthem, as patriotic sentiment rises under a nationalist government.

The "Jana Gana Mana" anthem was sung by 509,261 people in Gujarat, the home state of Hindu nationalist Prime



Minister Narendra Modi, at the opening of a Hindu temple, said Guinness World Records.

"The event attracted close to 1 million people according to the auditors, but only the above number could be accommodated in the record attempt area," the world record-keeper said on its website.