Man to paint Mother Teresa image with brush on tip of tongue

PUDUCHERRY:  Aiming for a place in the Guinnesss book of World Records, a 26-year-old Information Technology undergraduate plans to paint an image of Mother Teresa on October 19 at Chennai in a novel manner - holding the brush by the tip of his tongue.
   
Puducherry based artist R Rajendran told reporters on Monday that the painting would be drawn on a 30 feet by 20 feet canvas at VGP Trade Centre near Chennai. He would start painting at 11.30 AM and complete it on October 30. About 40 kilos of oil colour would be used to paint the image of Mother Teresa in different hues. "The whole exercise will cost Rs six lakh," he said.
   
Rajendran claimed he had painted different subjects in this manner for the past eight years.In 2003 he did a painting on then President A P J Abdul Kalam, which took 100 hours to complete. In 2005, he painted an image of the tsunami, a task which was finished in 51 hours.
   
Another painting on Abdul Kalam drawn with the full theme of Tamil treatise 'Tirukkural' in 2006 drew praise from Kalam himself and took 127 hours to draw, he said, adding that this feat had found him a place in the Guiness Book.
   
He said Chief Minister N Rangasamy would be among those who would greet him when he starts painting on October 19.