60 years old farmer from Jaffna pulled a 1550kg mini truck for 500 meters!

Chelliah Thiruchelvam, a 60-years-old farmer from Jaffna, pulled a 1550 kg Tata Ace for 500 meters with his beard and 500 meters with his hair, and set a new Cholan world record.

Sri Nagavani Raja, Vice President of Sri Lanka Branch of CBWR and Mr. Indranath Perera, General Secretary of CBWR witnessed and confirmed this event as a World record.

The Cholan world record holder Thiruchelvam was felicitated with a framed certificate, a medal and a commemorative plaque by the honorable minister of fishery Douglas Devanatha.

This world record event was jointly organized by Cholan Book of World Record and People Helping People Foundation, a social welfare organization.

It is noteworthy that Chelliah Thiruchelvam has already registered his name in the Cholan Book of World Records twice.

Today's younger generation youths are immersed in the lack of skills and suffer from various physical and mental diseases And some become addicted to drugs. 

Therefore, this Cholan world record holder Chellaiya Thiruchelvam said that this Cholan world record attempt was made to raise awareness that one can live happily with physical and mental health even at the age of 60 by spending an hour daily in physical exercises.