New Delhi: A Dubai based man from Indian origin has recently bagged the Guinness World Record for making the largest pop-up greeting card the world has ever seen. With this record, the man, Ramkumar Sarangapani has entered the Guinness World Records for the 19th time, after he unveiled a giant 8.2 square metre pop-up greeting card, commemorating the 15th Accession Day of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum as the Ruler of Dubai, said reports.

Sarangapani, now holds the most number of world records by an individual in the UAE and India, reported the Gulf News.

The pop up greetings Sarangapani made is 100 times larger than the regular pop-up cards. The card also has a collage of Sheikh Mohammed’s paintings created by Dubai-based artist Akbar Saheb.

While the pop-up card dedicated to Sheikh Mohammed has a closed surface area of 8.20 square metres, the previous record, which was set in Hong Kong, was of 6.729 square metres.

Sarangapani’s card has dimensions of 4 metres in length and 2.05 metres in width. The card’s outer cover is the winning bid of Expo 2020, the daily reported.

Speaking to Gulf News, Sarangapani said, “I had been working on this for the last six months and was waiting for the most opportune time to break this record to make it very special for the nation. And there couldn’t have been a more auspicious occasion than the 15th Accession Day of Sheikh Mohammed while I also dedicate this to the 50th anniversary year of the UAE’s formation.”

The card will be exhibited at Doha centre here from January 4 to 18, as part of the UAE’s National Day celebrations. COVID-19 precautionary measures will be in place at the exhibition centre, officials said.

The other records held by Sarangapani include the largest sentence made using magnets, largest word using magnets, largest electronic greeting card, smallest pack of playing cards, among others.

Sarangapani, who shifted from Chennai to Dubai 17 years ago, specially thanked artist Saheb for his contributions to the pop-up greeting card.

(With Agency Inputs)