Renowned speaker and author hosts lecture with largest attendance ever
A new record for the largest attendance at a lecture was set in Gaya, Bihar, India on 26 November.
375,603 people attended the lecture on the outskirts of Bodh Gaya hosted by Prem Rawat, an international speaker and author.
That’s close to selling out London’s Wembley Stadium four times over!
Congratulations to Prem Rawat who recently held a lecture in front of 375,603 people 😳
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) December 27, 2023
The hour long lecture titled 'Know Thyself' was given in Hindi to residents of Gaya in Bihar. pic.twitter.com/VT3OiVw1qe
Prem also holds the record for largest audience at a book reading for a single author, set back in April with 114,704 people in attendance.
The event was hosted by Words of Peace Global (WPOG) an independent charitable foundation set up by individuals inspired by Global Ambassador of Peace and Prem.
This is a new record title with a minimum attendance of 20,000 to beat.
The lecture was free for the public to attend.
The gates were open from 2 a.m. as participants queued up early to get a front row seat!
Due to the event’s large scale, a motion detector was placed on top of the gates to count participants in as they entered.
Once all participants were seated, the lecture began.
This 65-minute lecture was themed as: “Know thyself and understanding of the themes of his Peace Education Program. With it's 10 themes Prem explored how the themes help increase happiness and well-being in participants”.
The 10 themes are peace, appreciation, inner strength, self-awareness, clarity, understanding, dignity, choice, hope and contentment.
Once the lecture was over, the Guinness World Records certificate was then awarded to Prem by Adjudicators Swapnil Dangarikar and Prav Patel.
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