Mr. Rajasekharan Parameshwaran, Artist and Art Director.
Place: Kaliyikkavila, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India.

Mr. Parameswaran, a self-taught painter born in 1964, is also known by the name Marthandam Rajasekharan. He was supported throughout his artistic journey by his wife, Valsamma, and their two daughters. Sadly, Valsamma passed away on July 31, 2013.

He has held painting exhibitions in many places, including in Singapore, Malaysia, and Britain. His first Guinness record conferred for the world's largest easel painting in 2008, The Easel, which is 56.5 feet tall and 31 feet wide, holds E M S Namboodiripad's image.

His second Guinness World Record is for the giant Devil's knot, a gigantic representation of 'Edakoodam' installed at a local resort at Kollam, Kerala, on December 27, 2017. The 'Edakoodam,' made with an iron frame, has a covering by wooden planks and weighs three tons. It was made at the cost of Rs 15 Lakhs. Each block of the giant burr puzzle is 7.3m (23' 9")- long, 0.6m (1' 9")-wide, and 0.6m-high. It broke the Devil's knot's existing record by Foffa Conrad of Valchava, Switzerland, 6-m long, 0.40-m wide, and 0.40-m high.


Mr. Rajasekharan Parameshwaran in front of his giant Edakoodam Installation.