Meet Guinness Rishi, the man who got over 500 tattoos for a world record

Guinness Rishi aka Har Prakash Rishi, is obsessed with setting Guinness world records. Known widely for his tattoos, Rishi has over 500 of them, of which 200 are country flags with a world map on his abdomen.

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He confesses that removing all his teeth to fit in over 496 drinking straws in his mouth was the most difficult record to make.

Born in 1942, Rishi first entered the Guinness Book of World Records in 1990, when he rode a scooter for 1001 hours with two of his friends.

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His record-breaking obsession took him from Delhi to Ripley's Believe It or Not museum in San Francisco, in an endeavour to set the record for the longest distance travelled in hand delivering pizza.

An auto parts manufacturer by profession, he also holds a record for finishing a 500 ml bottle of ketchup in under 40 seconds.

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He even got his family involved, with his wife being he record holder for the shortest will: "All to son."

Now, he is getting tattoos of world leaders on his body and already has President Barack Obama, Queen Elizabeth, Narendra Modi and Mahatma Gandhi.

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