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A beautiful combination of colours. As much as 15 tonnes of flowers worth Rs. 6.75 lakh have been used in making this dream a reality. Text: Abha Raveendran; Photo: K. Ragesh
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Women arranging flowers at the 'Snehapookalam'. The pookalam, of 17,662 square feet and 75.5 feet radius was completed by more than a thousand people from all sections of society in 2 hours and 8 minutes. Text: Abha Raveendran; Photo: K. Ragesh
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The official announcement of the record will be made in a week’s time, said the District Collector P.B.Salim. Text: Abha Raveendran; Photo: K. Ragesh
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The pattern of the pookalam features the message of unity and harmony among human beings and was designed by Art Director C.K. Suresh who has been a of similar feats before. Text: Abha Raveendran; Photo: K. Ragesh
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Flowers of seven colours denoting seven continents were used. Text: Abha Raveendran; Photo: K. Ragesh
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Representatives from the Guiness Book of World Records and Limca Book of Records were present on the occasion. Text: Abha Raveendran; Photo: K. Ragesh
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Mayor of Kozhikode M. Bhaskaran, MP M.K. Raghavan and District Judge P.I. Ismail were the independent judges of the event. Text: Abha Raveendran; Photo: K. Ragesh
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A mountain of marigolds. Text: Abha Raveendran; Photo: K. Ragesh