A 20-year-old folk artist, Dr. R. Kalaiyarasan, has set his own world record by lifting nearly a thousand blades with his eyelashes while carrying a water pot on his head in southern India's Tamil Nadu on November 1, 2020.

Footage shows the young artist from Coimbatore city dressed in traditional attire and performing a dance routine. The audience's cheer gets louder with each sharp object he lifts with his eyelashes.

The young folk artist founded the Phoenix Book of World Records, where he creates his own various world records.

The water pot, traditionally known as a Karagam, is a headgear worn while performing Karakattam, a folk dance in Tamil Nadu for rain goddess Mariamman.

According to local media, Kalaiyarasan has been interested in folk culture since his childhood and has dedicated his life to preserving it, now working as a traditional cultural trainer representing the Tamil Nadu government.

Kalaiyarasan has been awarded the United Nations (UN) Global Compact award, an honour for exhibiting 32 different art forms. He is also credited for lifting 18,200 needles with his eyelashes and performing folk dances on broken glass pieces for several hours.

A 20-year-old folk artist, identified as Dr. R. Kalaiyarasan, created the world record for lifting nearly a thousand blades with his eyelashes while carrying a water pot on his head in southern India's Tamil Nadu on November 1, 2020. Hailing from Coimbatore, the young artist has added several feathers to his folk cultural hat.

Visuals witnessing the incident features Kalaiyarasan dressed in traditional attire, carrying an elaborately decorated water pot on his head. He performs a dance routine before displaying his skill of lifting blades out of bowls packed with sand. The audience's cheer gets louder with each sharp object he picks with his eyelashes. The young folk artist lifts the blades, piece by piece from the numerous sand cups laid in front of him.

The water pot, traditionally known as a Karagam, is a headgear worn while performing Karakattam, a folk dance of Tamil Nadu for rain goddess Mariamman. Kalaiyarasan has been inclined towards folk culture since his childhood and has dedicated his life towards preserving it. He founded the Gramiya Pudhalvan Academy and has created several global records.

He made the world record for lifting 1,000 blades with his eyelashes while supporting a Karagam and reserved his place in the Noble Book of World Records. Not just that, he has been awarded the United Nations (UN) Global Compact award, an honor for exhibiting 32 different art forms. He is also accredited for making a world record for lifting 18,200 needles with his eyelashes while wearing a Karagam.

Kalaiyarasan has also created separate global records for performing Parai Attam on a single stage for an hour and Poikkal Kuthirai Attam for three hours. He also bagged records for performing folk dances on broken glass pieces for several hours.

The young folk artist founded the Phoenix Book of World Records and is the youth and brand ambassador of several organizations such as the International Youth Society and the United Nations (UN) Global Goals for Sustainable Development. He is the traditional cultural trainer representing the Tamil Nadu government and is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and assembly president of the Win Wings of Fire Social and Universal Kalam Trust. Moreover, he is the India Secretary of the Sri Lanka Maruthi World Trust and goodwill ambassador of an organization in Indonesia.

Kalaiyarasan has over 84 branches of his institute spread across Tamil Nadu. He has 15,000 students across the state and 4,000 students in Coimbatore. The young folk artist received his honorary doctorate from The Diocese of Asia and dedicated his latest world record to all the folk artists who struggled during the pandemic.