Making it into the Guinness Book of World Records seems to have caught the fancy of Nepalese these days. Rabi Lamichhane, a television anchor, on Saturday has become the latest entry in the Guinness Book of World Record from this tiny Himalayan country after he stayed on air for three days and three nights. Lamichhane made history in television broadcasting by hosting a talk show with the theme "Lord Buddha was born in Nepal,"for continuous 62 hours and 12 minutes, during which he interviewed 102 prominent Nepalese from all walks of life. The longest talk show started on Thursday morning and ended on Saturday evening, breaking the earlier 52-hour record set by Ukrainians Pavlo Kuzheyev and Tetania Danylenko. He ate snacks and drank water during interviews and did not sleep during the entire marathon show. He was presented with the certificate on Saturday evening by a Guinness World Records official. His guests on air included influential Nepalese from different walks of life that included Puspa Kamal Dahal, a prominent politician, Bhagaban Koirala, a respected heart surgeon, and celebrities like popular singers Anju Panta and Ani Chhoing Dolma. "I am very happy to have made world history in television broadcasting. I am very excited but little bit tired now due to lack of sleep," Lamichhane told Xinhua on Monday morning. He claimed that one million people, including Internet users, watched his program. Nepal's television industry began with the establishment of Nepal Television in 1986. Private television stations were allowed only after 2001. News 24, the channel that hosted Lamichhane's program, was established only three years ago. "We are proud of what a Nepalese television anchor has achieved. This will make our country renowned in the world. I liked the theme -- Lord Buddha was born in Nepal," Thaneshwar Guragain, another Guinness World Records holder, said. Guragain claimed to have won a number of certificates in setting Guinness World Records including spinning a book weighing 1.5 kg on his middle finger for the longest duration of 30 minutes, bouncing a basketball 444 times in one minute and spinning a basketball on a tooth brush for 22.4 seconds. "To do creative things is my passion. I want to do such things to be recognized for my special skills, though I have not received financial benefits from demonstrating these skills,"said Guragain, who is now taking a post graduate course in commerce in Kathmandu. Guragain, who hails from Teplejung, a mountain district in the eastern hills of Nepal, made a new record for spinning a book on his finger for 30 minutes in February 2011, breaking the earlier record made by US national Aron Sas who spun the book on his finger for almost 6 minutes. For another Guinness World Records holder, Chhurim Sherpa,29, not financial gains or personal fame, but a zeal to do something spectacular to uphold the country's glory was the sole motive behind her scaling the highest mountain on earth twice in a week. Her feat was formally recognized by Guinness Book of World Records two months ago. The 29-year-old girl from Taplejung district scaled the Mt. Everest on May 12 last year and made another ascent on the same week on May 19, 2012, becoming the first person to be on top of Mt. Everest twice in a week."I want to uphold the glory of my country. So I did it twice. I did not do it for personal fame or money," said Sherpa, who now works as a trekking guide. Sherpa said her dream is to scale all the remaining seven Himalayan peaks above 8,000 meters. Passion to uphold the glory of the country was also the motive behind Lamichane's feat. "I wanted to spread this important message that Lord Buddha was born in Nepal by running this longest show," he said.
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