India students in Gandhi dress create Guinness record Published duration 2 October 2015

image copyright Kashif Masood image caption The world record is for "the largest gathering of people dressed as Mohandas Gandhi"

School children in the southern Indian city of Bangalore have created a world record for "the largest gathering of people dressed as Mohandas Gandhi".

The 4,605 children between the ages of six and 14 dressed in traditional white dhotis - long loin cloths - came dressed in spectacles, fake moustaches and skull caps and carried bamboo sticks.

They assembled for four hours at Bangalore's Kanteerva Stadium for Guinness adjudicators to count and verify the numbers.

The record had been previously held by a school in the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu.

Gandhi, popularly known as Mahatma (Great Soul), was India's greatest leader who fought for the country's independence from British rule and for the rights of the poor.

image copyright Kashif Masood image caption The children wore traditional white loin cloths, spectacles, fake moustaches and skull caps and carried sticks

image copyright Kashif Masood image caption As many as 4,605 children gathered for four hours for Guinness officials to verify the record