Indorean eyes Guinness record with 11K Ganesha posters

INDORE: The twice Limca Book of Records holder, Madan Singh Chouhan, is now eyeing the Guinness Book of World Records. Chouhan claims that he has collected 11,000 posters of Lord Ganesha. Chouhan had made it to the Limca Book of Records by collecting 3,026 Ganesha posters in 2002.
His kitty has collection from table calendars, pocket calendars, wedding invites, posters, greeting cards and photographs of Ganesha idols in temples across India.
It was way back in 1994 when this resident of Anoop Nagar, Indore, had got an inspiration to collect Lord Ganesha’s posters. “Back in 1994, I was going to GPO when I noticed a Ganesha’s poster lying under my feet at a red signal in Geeta Bhawan square. Since then, I have been collecting posters of Lord Ganesha.” he said. “Not a single poster or photograph in my collection is repeated. Every poster is unique.”
Chouhan also collects newspapers and magazine cuttings of Lord Ganesha. “When I started collecting these posters my family members were reluctant to provide me a room to store my collection. But once I had bagged the title of Limca record holder, family and friends have been very supportive.” he said.
Chouhan also has photographs of Ganesha temples in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan and he plans to set up a library of his own which would include key chains, idols, audio cassettes and books on Lord Ganesha.
Kalidas Academy, Ujjain, would showcase his collection on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi this year. Chouhan has also applied for India Book of Records.