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Page last updated at 16:16 GMT, Monday, 11 May 2009 17:16 UK

Indian mass singing breaks record

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Singers in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, have broken the official Guiness World Record for the most people participating in a mass choir of a single song.

The 160,000 singers successfully managed to smash the current 72-year-old record, which was previously held by a choir in Germany.

Participants sang religious hymns by "saint-composer" Annamacharya in just under 40 minutes at an event on Sunday.

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