Odisha High School Students Set World Record to Mark 1st World Odia Language Conference

Bhubaneswar: The students of high schools in Odisha created a world record by uploading the highest number of photos of handwritten notes on Facebook in an hour on the eve of the first World Odia Language Conference in Bhubaneswar.

For this record-making feat, the students of government and non-government-aided high schools in Odisha uploaded the photos of the handwritten notes on the stories and poems penned under ‘Mo Katha Mo Kahani’ initiative.

The students uploaded the photos of the handwritten notes on the social media platform Facebook in between 12 noon and 1 pm on Friday.

The high school students uploaded the photos of the handwritten notes with the help of their parents, members of the alumni associations and locals, sources said.

Earlier the National Mission for Clean Ganga had secured a place in the Guinness World Record by uploading at least 5,408 photos of handwritten notes on Facebook in an hour on November 1, 2021.

The first World Odia Language Conference was inaugurated at Janata Maidan in Bhubaneswar on February 3.