Crocheted Mandala up for Guinness record
Photo and text by: Dave Leprozo, Jr.
Adelaida Guia poses in front of her mandala that is more than six meters in diameter.
BAGUIO CITY — A crocheted mandala artist guns for the Guinness World Record by an individual today, 12 September 2025.
A crowd gathers around the mandala.
At exactly 5:58 pm, Adelaida Guia went for the finishing last stitch for the Guinness world record.
Adelaida Guia adds last stitch to the mandala at SM atrium.
At 6.114 meters in diameter, 3.057 meters radius, and 29.359 square meters, a handiwork of crochet in its finest lasting 68 days. The two days homestretch 9 September to the 10th was done at SM Mall Baguio atrium to make official measurements done by surveying professionals on hand.
The largest display of mandalas is 11,786 and this was achieved by Randeep Singh Nandal (India) in Rohtak, Haryana, India, on 31 March 2025.
Randeep broke his own record in honor of the 2025 Met Gala.
