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'''Vijay Gaur''' is an artist from [[Varanasi]], [[Uttar Pradesh]] who comes from a family of idol-makers and he holds national record for painting 3,500 images of Lord [[Ganesha]] at Siddhi Vinayak Temple, Mumbai and he painted these images in 51 hours continuously in 2009<ref name=record>{{cite news|last=Singh|first=Anuraag|title=Artist eyes another Ganesha record|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/UttarPradesh/Artist-eyes-another-Ganesha-record/Article1-548690.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125081101/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/UttarPradesh/Artist-eyes-another-Ganesha-record/Article1-548690.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 January 2013|accessdate=6 November 2012|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=26 May 2010}}</ref> His achievement is recorded in [[Limca Book of Records]].<ref name=record/>
He has produced more than 2 lakhs images or drawings of Ganesha in sketches, oil paintings, collages, stone etc.<ref name=record/>

==Kittur Chennamma Statue==
He has sculpted statue of [[Kittur Chennamma]], which was installed in the Parliament House complex at New Delhi on 11 September 2007 and unveiled by President of India, [[Pratibha Patil]].<ref name=statue>{{cite news|title=Kittur Rani statue unveiled|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/12/stories/2007091258190400.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107025859/http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/12/stories/2007091258190400.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 January 2008|accessdate=6 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=12 September 2007}}</ref> The statue measures 13 feet 7 inches in height and 5 feet 2 inches in breadth and weighs four tons and depicts the Rani Chennamma in astride position on a horse.<ref name=height>{{cite news|title=Awaiting installation of Chennamma statue|url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/06/stories/2007090652540300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090930152629/http://www.hindu.com/2007/09/06/stories/2007090652540300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 September 2009|accessdate=6 November 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=6 September 2007}}</ref>

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