Largest Tea Party

‘Dainik   Bhaskar’   the  newspaper daily   made a  large impact with tea lovers   like   by hosting  a mass tea party.  We are sure many tea  fanatics  would have had a lovely time sipping every bit  joyfully.  And the people of Indore got this wonderful opportunity of   participating in the tea party. Brooke Bond being the official   brew we assume all the guest would have got  the best tea  having come from the pioneer tea manufacturers of the century.

Almost 40000 persons gathered   at Nehru stadium in Indore   to have a serving of the steaming beverage. Aneil Mahajan head of Dainik Bhaskar said that apart from the objective of achieving the world record for   the largest tea party he wanted the people to realize that by coming together  they could do great things. He wanted people to realize this fact  under the pretext of the tea party. The tea party was a success  because of the contribution of  980 volunteers who made 5000 liters of team with 2500 liters of milk and water. About 250 kilograms of tea dust and sugar were used  for making the tea.

After the participants were treated to Bollywood hit numbers sung by popular singers, volunteers started serving tea to the guests in designer cups. These cups were later given as gifts to the participants as souvenirs. City residents who couldn’t attend the event got to see it on local TV channels.   The fund-raising event was organized to support a participatory movement, where citizens will take up plans, resources and implementation. 
  The tea party   organized by ‘Dainik Bhaskar’ helped   raise Rs 5 crore for city’s development.   Indore mayor Umashashi Sharma and Ramesh Chandra Agarwal of the Dainik Bhaskar group received a certificate for the record amid an impressive show of fireworks and festivities.  The Tea Board was the co-sponsor for the event along with Hindustan Unilever Ltd, which makes consumer goods.

The previous record was set in Japan  which had 14778 participants  and was  set on October 8,2006.

The Largest Tea Party counted to about 40000 participants and was set by  Dainik Bhaskar  at Nehru Stadium, Indore, Madhya Pradesh ,India on February 24, 2008.