Nashik's Godavari Maha Aarti draws 6,500 from 650 villages

What BBN said about it

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMore than six thousand people from about six hundred fifty tribal villages gathered at Ramkund in Nashik, on the Godavari River, for a giant group aarti.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSix hundred fifty villages. Every one of them sent someone to the same riverbank, and I need a moment.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorGuinness representatives were there to verify it.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSeveral outlets say six thousand two hundred thirty-three people took part, and the first report said about sixty-five hundred.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhichever number it is, that's the biggest group trip in the history of group chats.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorWho drove the carpool?

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPresident Droupadi Murmu performed the Godavari pujan and watched the aarti, and honestly, I'd like a ride too.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorIt's Nashik's second Guinness record in a week, after the conch shells.

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   Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorLove it. Love all of it. How many tissues does six hundred fifty villages take?

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI brought one per village, and I'm already on village forty.