TN youth ‘blows’ Guinness record away

Sankaranarayanan bettered the record held by David Lamy of France, who extinguished flame of 117 candles at a time in 2001.

An expert in controlling his breathe, an art that he learnt from his yoga master, Sankaranarayanan says “it is difficult to blow even 20 candles in a single breath. I practised breathing exercises to achieve this.”

“I practised for at least six months increasing the number of candles slowly,” he said.