Bathinda: A 5-year-old boy, Geetansh Goyal, from Punjab’s Bathinda, created a world record by reciting the Hanuman Chalisa in record time and has been invited by the Rashtrapati Bhawan to meet the President Droupadi Murmu.
Geetansh created the record by reciting the Hanuman Chalisa in a duration of 1 minute and 54 seconds at the age of 4 years and three months.
For the feat, he has received an appreciation certificate from the ‘India Book of Records and the ‘Title of Grandmaster in Records Breaking’ from the ‘World Records University’.
While speaking to ANI, Geetansh’s father, Dr Vipin Goyal, said, “Yesterday we received a phone call from Rashtrapati Bhawan stating that a mail has been sent to us and that our child will be meeting the President. We felt very happy.”
“We are feeling very proud that a child created a world record by reciting the Hanuman Chalisa at the age of 4 years and 3 months. He won the gold medal and on August 30, we were invited by the President. God has blessed the child”, he further said.
The parents expressed their pride and joy, finding no greater happiness than seeing their son accomplish such a feat, imbued with a deep sense of spirituality. The official residence of the President of India, Rashtrapati Bhavan, will host an honour ceremony for the young prodigy on Wednesday (August 30).
Hanuman Chalisa is a well-known Hindu devotional hymn dedicated to Bhagwan Hanuman. The word ‘Hanuman’ refers to Bhagwan Hanuman’s name, and the word ‘Chalisa’ refers to the devotional hymn’s 40 verses (excluding the couplets at the beginning and end). This devotional hymn in praise of Bhagwan Hanuman is thought to have been written by Tulsidas, a 16th-century poet and saint best known for writing Ramcharitmanas. (With Inputs ANI)
