Tantalizing India. 3 Dudes, 16000 kms, 18 Days

SAHIR.KITTUR · 4th July 2010, 13:57

They touched Bangalore today @ 1335 hrs.
16470 kms in 17 days 19 hours & 30 minutes.

SAHIR.KITTUR · 4th July 2010, 16:47

Blow them trumpets, get Akon’s music pumpin, load up those biryanis, bring out the red carpet, and yeah don’t forget those flowers. Tantalizing India has created a New World Record! And how!
We’ve created a New World Record for perimetering India, travelling through the length and breath of the country - covering over 16,470 kms in 17 days 19 hours and 30 minutes. We’ve shattered the earlier record that was set at 19 days and 23 hours. We’ve broken the record by a solid 52 hour margin.

Tantalizing India. 3 Dudes, 16000 kms, 18 Days-victory1024x685.jpg

The record holds good for covering every state, every union territory and the capital cities of all the states and union territories in record time. The following are list of places that we covered:
Bangalore (Karnataka) – Vellore – Chennai (Tamil Nadu) – Puducherry (Puducherry) – Madurai – Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) – Thiruvananthapuram – Kochi – Kozhikode (Kerala) – Mangalore – Karwar (Karnataka) – Panaji – Mapusa (Goa) – Belgaum (Karnataka) – Satara – Pune – Mumbai – Palghar (Maharashtra) – Silvasa (Dadra, Nagar Haveli) – Daman Daman (Daman & Diu) – Bharuch – Vadodara – Gandhinagar – Godhra (Gujarat) – Indore – Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) – Rajgarh – Kota – Jaipur – Bikaner – Ganganagar (Rajasthan) – Firozpur – Amritsar – Pathankote (Punjab) – Jammu – Udhampur – Srinagar – Kargil – Leh – Pang (Jammu & Kashmir) – Jispa – Manali – Bilaspur – Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) – Chandigarh (Punjab, Haryana & UT) – Nahan (Himachal Pradesh) – Dehradun (Uttarakhand) – Delhi (NCT) – Agra – Kanpur – Lucknow – Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) – Patna – Khagaria – Purnia – (Bihar) – Dalkola – Siliguri – Jalpaiguri – Cooch Behar (West Bengal) – Goalpara – Guwahati – Dispur (Assam) – Shillong (Meghalaya) – Karimganj (Assam) – Agartala (Tripura) – Silchar (Assam) – Aizawl (Mizoram) – Imphal (Manipur) – Kohima – Dimapur (Nagaland) – Jorhat – North Lakhimpur (Assam) – Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) – Tezpur – Nalbari – Kachugaon (Assam) – Alipurduar – Madarihat – Mal Bazar – (West Bengal) – Gangtok (Sikkim) – Darjeeling – Malda – Baharampur – Calcutta – Kharagpur (West Bengal) – Baharagora – Jamshedpur – Ranchi – Chaibasa (Jharkhand) – Kendujhargarh – Bhubaneshwar – Sambalpur (Orissa) – Raipur (Chhattisgarh) – Nagpur – Chandrapur (Maharashtra) – Nizamabad – Hyderabad – Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) – Anantapur – Bangalore (Karnataka).
We started our record breaking journey on the 16th of June, 18:00 hrs from Bangalore.
We’d like to take time out to thank our families, friends, supporters, well wishers and fans for their everlasting and encouraging support throughout this endeavour. A big gracias to our sponsor partners in the form of:

The official adjudicator for this record are Limca Book of Records. Limca Book of Records hasn’t authorised this as a record yet. We’ve got some documents to submit to Limca Book of Records which they will deeply scrutinize and if they find fit, will declare us as the new record holders. However, as of now, we’ve reached Bangalore and are confident that we’ve broken the record.

prince_pervez · 4th July 2010, 18:07

Congratulations to these champions and Best of luck with the documentation. Some great thrip that! Nice pictures. Thanks Samir for them.

KRRaj · 4th July 2010, 19:02

Congratulations to the guys.

Well Done guys.

aargee · 4th July 2010, 23:42

Congratulations guys; Bihar had really beautiful scenics. Oh!! yes they've completed their target about 4hrs & 30 minutes well in advance. Congratulations once again & I hope they check this thread on TBHP.

harishnayak · 5th July 2010, 02:36

What an achievement!! Hats of to these guys.

_raviShankar_ · 5th July 2010, 08:53

Congratulations guys !
Amazing journey, Cool snaps, Things to remember for a lifetime and more.
Hats off to you guys!

TaureanBull · 5th July 2010, 10:04

Congratulations dudes. Well done.

I feel sad to miss out tracking this one from day one.

@Sahir : thanks a ton buddy for all the updates. Good job done.

tanwaramit · 5th July 2010, 20:17

Job well done.

I am impressed by the road work in the eastern part of India (pictures shared)

sbraj · 9th July 2010, 20:30

Hats off to the folks, well done.

They seemed to be having the best of both worlds - having fun while chasing a target.

highwaypatrol · 9th July 2010, 21:03

Hey heros,

Hearty congrats to all of you and you guys can really proud of what u have achieved. You guys are a real inspirations to people like me who always consider long trips as a part and parcel of life.

You guys Rock and Drive safe!

Cheers

trrk · 19th July 2010, 13:10

Hi,

This is what a local daily - Mathrubhumi (18/07/2010) - had to say about this. The story was focused on the Kerala connection - Ratheesh Kumar from Cherthala!

Tantalizing India. 3 Dudes, 16000 kms, 18 Days-mathrubhoomi180720102_medium.jpg

nanduchitnis · 12th November 2010, 17:34

This is indeed a racy read, fantastic drive. Congrats to the Drivers and their spirit !!

I need advice from BHPian.

I plan to go to Nagaland, specifically Mokokchung. I need some advice.

Is it wise to drive the AN Honda City from Pune to Nagaland? Will there be major issues considering the poor under keelclearance of the ANHC?

ratheeshba · 4th September 2014, 17:07

After a long gap,we "Tantalizing India" are doing it again.This time we are planning to drive to Leh from Bangalore on the 21st of Sep. With help from Tanveer's (tbhp) Maps and logs we intend to see it all.
More updates as and when voyage starts!

4th July 2010, 13:57	#61
SAHIR.KITTUR BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Belgaum / Doha Posts: 298 Thanked: 113 Times View My Garage	Mission complete They touched Bangalore today @ 1335 hrs. 16470 kms in 17 days 19 hours & 30 minutes.
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4th July 2010, 16:47	#62
SAHIR.KITTUR BHPian Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Belgaum / Doha Posts: 298 Thanked: 113 Times View My Garage	A New World Record. Blow them trumpets, get Akon’s music pumpin, load up those biryanis, bring out the red carpet, and yeah don’t forget those flowers. Tantalizing India has created a New World Record! And how! We’ve created a New World Record for perimetering India, travelling through the length and breath of the country - covering over 16,470 kms in 17 days 19 hours and 30 minutes. We’ve shattered the earlier record that was set at 19 days and 23 hours. We’ve broken the record by a solid 52 hour margin. The record holds good for covering every state, every union territory and the capital cities of all the states and union territories in record time. The following are list of places that we covered: Bangalore (Karnataka) – Vellore – Chennai (Tamil Nadu) – Puducherry (Puducherry) – Madurai – Kanyakumari (Tamil Nadu) – Thiruvananthapuram – Kochi – Kozhikode (Kerala) – Mangalore – Karwar (Karnataka) – Panaji – Mapusa (Goa) – Belgaum (Karnataka) – Satara – Pune – Mumbai – Palghar (Maharashtra) – Silvasa (Dadra, Nagar Haveli) – Daman Daman (Daman & Diu) – Bharuch – Vadodara – Gandhinagar – Godhra (Gujarat) – Indore – Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) – Rajgarh – Kota – Jaipur – Bikaner – Ganganagar (Rajasthan) – Firozpur – Amritsar – Pathankote (Punjab) – Jammu – Udhampur – Srinagar – Kargil – Leh – Pang (Jammu & Kashmir) – Jispa – Manali – Bilaspur – Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) – Chandigarh (Punjab, Haryana & UT) – Nahan (Himachal Pradesh) – Dehradun (Uttarakhand) – Delhi (NCT) – Agra – Kanpur – Lucknow – Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) – Patna – Khagaria – Purnia – (Bihar) – Dalkola – Siliguri – Jalpaiguri – Cooch Behar (West Bengal) – Goalpara – Guwahati – Dispur (Assam) – Shillong (Meghalaya) – Karimganj (Assam) – Agartala (Tripura) – Silchar (Assam) – Aizawl (Mizoram) – Imphal (Manipur) – Kohima – Dimapur (Nagaland) – Jorhat – North Lakhimpur (Assam) – Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh) – Tezpur – Nalbari – Kachugaon (Assam) – Alipurduar – Madarihat – Mal Bazar – (West Bengal) – Gangtok (Sikkim) – Darjeeling – Malda – Baharampur – Calcutta – Kharagpur (West Bengal) – Baharagora – Jamshedpur – Ranchi – Chaibasa (Jharkhand) – Kendujhargarh – Bhubaneshwar – Sambalpur (Orissa) – Raipur (Chhattisgarh) – Nagpur – Chandrapur (Maharashtra) – Nizamabad – Hyderabad – Kurnool (Andhra Pradesh) – Anantapur – Bangalore (Karnataka). We started our record breaking journey on the 16th of June, 18:00 hrs from Bangalore. We’d like to take time out to thank our families, friends, supporters, well wishers and fans for their everlasting and encouraging support throughout this endeavour. A big gracias to our sponsor partners in the form of: Red Box Events Stanley Lifestyles Nokia Airtel Chumbak The official adjudicator for this record are Limca Book of Records. Limca Book of Records hasn’t authorised this as a record yet. We’ve got some documents to submit to Limca Book of Records which they will deeply scrutinize and if they find fit, will declare us as the new record holders. However, as of now, we’ve reached Bangalore and are confident that we’ve broken the record.
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4th July 2010, 18:07	#63
prince_pervez Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Redwood shores, CA, USA Posts: 4,210 Thanked: 51 Times View My Garage	Congratulations to these champions and Best of luck with the documentation. Some great thrip that! Nice pictures. Thanks Samir for them.
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4th July 2010, 19:02	#64
KRRaj BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 514 Thanked: 35 Times View My Garage	Congratulations to the guys. Well Done guys.
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4th July 2010, 23:42	#65
aargee Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: TSTN Posts: 6,236 Thanked: 9,641 Times	Congratulations guys; Bihar had really beautiful scenics. Oh!! yes they've completed their target about 4hrs & 30 minutes well in advance. Congratulations once again & I hope they check this thread on TBHP. Last edited by aargee : 4th July 2010 at 23:44.
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5th July 2010, 02:36	#66
harishnayak Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: DELHI Posts: 1,396 Thanked: 125 Times	What an achievement!! Hats of to these guys.
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5th July 2010, 08:53	#67
_raviShankar_ BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Trivandrum Posts: 149 Thanked: 75 Times	Congratulations guys ! Amazing journey, Cool snaps, Things to remember for a lifetime and more. Hats off to you guys!
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5th July 2010, 10:04	#68
TaureanBull Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,071 Thanked: 326 Times View My Garage	Congratulations dudes. Well done. I feel sad to miss out tracking this one from day one. @Sahir : thanks a ton buddy for all the updates. Good job done.
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5th July 2010, 20:17	#69
tanwaramit Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Dilwalon ki Dilli Posts: 1,930 Thanked: 497 Times	Job well done. I am impressed by the road work in the eastern part of India (pictures shared)
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9th July 2010, 20:30	#70
sbraj Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: B L R / T V M Posts: 1,071 Thanked: 9 Times	Hats off to the folks, well done. They seemed to be having the best of both worlds - having fun while chasing a target.
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9th July 2010, 21:03	#71
highwaypatrol BHPian Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: BLR / BOM Posts: 240 Thanked: 739 Times	Hey heros, Hearty congrats to all of you and you guys can really proud of what u have achieved. You guys are a real inspirations to people like me who always consider long trips as a part and parcel of life. You guys Rock and Drive safe! Cheers
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19th July 2010, 13:10	#72
trrk Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Alleppey, Kerala Posts: 2,114 Thanked: 34 Times View My Garage	Local connection! Hi, This is what a local daily - Mathrubhumi (18/07/2010) - had to say about this. The story was focused on the Kerala connection - Ratheesh Kumar from Cherthala!
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12th November 2010, 17:34	#73
nanduchitnis BHPian Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Pune Posts: 494 Thanked: 301 Times	This is indeed a racy read, fantastic drive. Congrats to the Drivers and their spirit !! I need advice from BHPian. I plan to go to Nagaland, specifically Mokokchung. I need some advice. Is it wise to drive the AN Honda City from Pune to Nagaland? Will there be major issues considering the poor under keelclearance of the ANHC?
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4th September 2014, 17:07	#74
ratheeshba Newbie Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Bangalore Posts: 21 Thanked: 3 Times	Re: Tantalizing India. 3 Dudes, 16000 kms, 18 Days After a long gap,we "Tantalizing India" are doing it again.This time we are planning to drive to Leh from Bangalore on the 21st of Sep. With help from Tanveer's (tbhp) Maps and logs we intend to see it all. More updates as and when voyage starts!
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