A new world record was set by over 350,000 people at Kagvad, Rajkot during the installation of the idol of Goddess Khodiyar at newly built grand Khodal Dham temple. Hansraj Gajera, member of the temple trust said, "Over 3.5 lakh people sang the anthem during the idol installation ritual in the presence of observers from the Guinness Book of World Records."
The new record breaks Bangladesh's 2014 record when 2,54,537 people sang the national anthem. "We received a certificate of the record from the Guinness Book of World Record officials," said Gajera. The trust also created two other records for the Limca Book of Records- organising the longest 'Shobha Yatra' and a 1008- kund mahayagna. Trust officials claimed that over 5000,000 devotees visited the temple over the installation ceremony that went on for five days.
The Goddess is particularly worshipped by the Leuva Patel community. Gajera said the temple was built at a whopping amount of £6 million and that the trust plans to set up an agricultural university adjacent to the temple premises. Several BJP and Congress leaders, including the Patidar quota agitation leader Hardik Patel have visited the temple.
