Manisha Ogale

Manisha Shailesh Ogale is an artist from Thane city located in Maharashtra, India. Her most notable works include the world’s largest hand painted bag and hand painted kurta, which entered the Guinness World Book of Records and Limca World Book of Records respectively.

Work

Manisha Ogale did her MSc in analytical chemistry, following which she worked as a software professional with Konkan railways and the Hiranandani software department. Though Ogale does not have any formal training in art, she has worked with multiple media and textures over the years, including painting over glass, cloth, diyas, fabric and experimenting with rangoli and zardozi work. She also conducts seminars and workshops in which she teaches painting.

Achievements

Guinness World Record

In July 2014, Manisha Ogale entered the Guinness World Records book for creating the world's largest hand-painted bag in just nine hours at Korum Shopping Mall, Thane. The bag gained fame for being as tall as a single story building. It was covered in environmental motifs, urging people to take up environmentalism as a cause by preserving water and nature. Most notably, the art piece was a statement against the usage of plastic bags.

Limca Book of Records

In October 2010, using only cloth and fabric paints, Manisha Ogale became a Limca Book of Records holder, for making the world's largest hand-painted Kurta in 29 hours and 27 minutes. The Kurta was  40 feet high, and 20 feet wide and was later exhibited at the New English School in Thane. Ogale was quoted saying that she initially wanted to work on the world’s largest hand painted Sari, but decided against it due to time restrictions.