SRINAGAR, April 12 -- Nine years, 40x72 square feet, 37.48 crore knots, and 65000 labor force!

A new record has been set after a giant carpet that could fit in a half kanal of land was manufactured in Kashmir. The carpet is touted as one of the biggest in the world.

It is for the first time that such a big carpet has been made in Kashmir. The work for the giant silk-on-silk carpet started in February 2015 and it took Fayaz Ahmad Shah one year just to build a special loom and create a design.

"A top Indian company reposed faith in us and placed an order for 40x72 square feet carpet. It took us one year only to build the loom and create the design. Later artisans were engaged. And so far 64800 artisans worked at different times and inter...