Unique Devotion! Guinness Book of World Records for collecting over 5000 pictures of Lord Hanuman

Incredible: Engrossed so deeply in devotion to lord Hanuman, a resident of Chhattisgarh's Raipur Akhilesh Sharma has collected over 5000 pictures (separate photos) of 'Bajrangbali' and got his name enrolled in the Golden Book of World Record.

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'Mere Hanuman'

So deep in devotion with Lord Hanuman, Akhilesh Sharma has collected more than 5000 pictures of Lord Hanuman and published a book 'Mere Hanuman'. 

This book contains pictures of Bajrangbali, which were collected from India as well as Indonesia, Bali, Thailand and other countries.

The book contains information related to lord Hanuman's birth, his family members and others.  

While speaking to media, devotee said that it takes 10 years to collect the pictures featured in the book. "I have been reciting Sundara Kanda for the last 35 years. Around 10 years back, I had attended a marriage function and got a photo of Lord Hanuman, which is on the book's cover, and thereafter started collecting the pictures," said Sharma.

Meanwhile, a phase came when Sharma was not getting any picture following which he contacted his friends and requested them to help in the mission of collecting lord Hanuman's photos, the record holder stated.    

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"After that, a few people started sending me good morning messages and I requested them to send the photos of lord Hanuman instead of texting morning wishes, he recalled, adding that as a result of this request, the collection gradually became rich and these pictures have several stories," he said.