The serial record setter, Dinesh Shivnath Upadhyaya, trained himself to hold large quantities of burning candles ahead of completing the feat.
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The Guinness Book of World Records has acknowledged and certified his feat by calling him Maximouth.
After years of perfecting his skills, Maximouth — AKA India's Dinesh Shivnath Upadhyaya — has got used to copious mouthfuls of hot candle wax. Don't try this at home 🕯️😮 pic.twitter.com/8Gl0ZS0COK
— GuinnessWorldRecords (@GWR) February 13, 2019
Some people branded Dinesh a mad man on social media.
Is he mad?
— Margaret Tandy (@citta60) February 13, 2019
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"I am a teacher, writer & also holder of 300+ World Records in various discipline registered by almost all record books RecordSetter, Guinness (108+), Limca Book of Records(70), Ripley's BION(03+) & many others. I done M.Sc. from Mumbai University," Dinesh wrote, describing himself.
