Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Ramraj Cotton Sets Asia Record With 3,000-Dhoti Pookkalam
Ramraj Cotton made a very large design for the Onam festival.
The design was called a Mundukalam, or Pookkalam.
It was about 30 feet wide.
Instead of using only flowers, the display used nearly 3,000 dhotis.
It was created at Forum Mall in Kochi on August 9.
The Asia Book of Records recognized it as the largest Pookkalam made with dhotis.
Sanjay Bhola presented the award to company leaders K. R. Nagarajan and B. R. Arun Eshwar.
The company said the display showed an old cultural tradition in a new way.
Ramraj Cotton created a 30-foot-diameter Mundukalam, or Pookkalam, using nearly 3,000 dhotis.
The display was created on August 9 at Forum Mall in Kochi.
The Asia Book of Records recognized it as the largest Pookkalam made using dhotis.
Adjudicator Sanjay Bhola presented the award to K. R. Nagarajan and B. R. Arun Eshwar.
Ramraj Cotton said the display combined Onam tradition with the dhoti’s cultural legacy in a contemporary form.
- Who
- Ramraj Cotton, founder-chairman K. R. Nagarajan, managing director B. R. Arun Eshwar, and adjudicator Sanjay Bhola.
- What
- A 30-foot-diameter Mundukalam, or Pookkalam, made with nearly 3,000 dhotis received Asia Book of Records recognition.
- When
- August 9; the year was not specified.
- Where
- Forum Mall in Kochi.
- Why
- To mark Onam and present the dhoti’s cultural legacy in a contemporary form.
- Record organization
- Asia Book of Records
- Display name
- Mundukalam, or Pookkalam
- Size
- 30 feet in diameter
- Dhotis used
- Nearly 3,000
- Event date
- August 9
- Venue
- Forum Mall, Kochi
- Company founded
- 1983
