BJP-led folk artistes embark on beating ‘Dappu’ for 75 hours, with an eye on Guinness

Artistes beating folk drums (Dappu) as part of ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ in Tirupati on Sunday. The feat to beat the drums for 75 hours non-stop, marking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 75th birthday, was launched with an eye on bagging a place in the Guinness Book of Records. | Photo Credit: KV Poornachandra Kumar As part of the ongoing ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ marking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 75th birthday and 25th year in office, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has launched a ‘Dappu’ (folk drum) beating event.The event, launched late on Saturday (October 10, 2026) evening with 2,000 artistes beating the drum for 75 hours non-stop to commemorate Mr. Modi’s 75th birthday, is being held with an eye on securing a place in the Guinness World Records.BJP State president P.V.N. Madhav launched the event by beating a traditional Dappu along with BJP national Scheduled Caste (SC) Morcha president Sivesh Kumar Ram, National Cells co-convener S. Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) trust board member G. Bhanuprakash Reddy, BJP State spokesperson Kola Anand, State SC Morcha president Panathala Suresh and Tirupati district president Samanchi Srinivas.The State SC Morcha had planned a series of events for an entire month to celebrate the Prime Minister’s 75th birthday. While the party activists led by Mr. Madhav sent 5 lakh postcards wishing Mr. Modi a happy birthday, the party cadre broke 108 coconuts at as many as 200 folk goddess temples across the State. Special prayers were conducted with 1,000 priests at the 75-foot-tall cutout of Mr. Modi installed in Tirupati.As part of this series, the ‘Dappu’ event will go on for three days at Sri Venkateswara (SV) University’s Tarakarama Stadium. Published - October 11, 2026 04:38 pm IST