India, Sept. 21 -- The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) on Friday said they have achieved a world record by creating a 10-kilometre-long live canvas painting with the participation of more than 35,000 artists and students. The mega art event, themed "Viksit Bharat Ke Rang, Kala Ke Sang", was held at the Kartavya Path lawns as part of the ongoing Sewa Pakhwada.

Several Padma awardees, including Jatin Das, Biman B. Bas, and Adwaita Gadanayak, also participated and were felicitated.

The record for the "most artists contributing to the same painting simultaneously" stood at 5,084 artists, achieved by Fundacion Olga Sinclair in Panama in 2014 for a painting created to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Panama Canal. "Today the NDMC has...