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.
Some people branded Dinesh a mad man on social media.
He describes himself as a writer and a teacher on his personal Record Setter page.
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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.