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Unity of Nation

Unity of Nation

About the work

Unity of Nation is a large patriotic assemblage: a thermocol board painted in the national tricolour and embedded with hundreds of thousands of ball pins.

Holy books and emblems of major faiths—Bhagavad Gita (Hindi), Bible (English), and Quran (Urdu)—are embossed to emphasise unity in diversity. The work took 410 days to complete.

Key facts

  • Board size: approximately 89 × 120 cm; thermocol about 4.5 cm thick
  • Ball pins: 6,00,600 (858 boxes × 700 pins)
  • Duration: 410 days
  • Theme elements: tricolour; Bhagavad Gita, Bible, Quran embossed

Public impact & highlights

National-unity message through craft labour and interfaith symbols

Limca Book of National & World Records among recognitions

Photographs

Certificates

32 certificates and record entries received for this concept; 20 shown below.

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