India, May 11 -- For most people, crossing from Sri Lanka to India means boarding a flight or ferry. But for a Bengaluru-based IT couple, it meant swimming nearly 32 kilometres through rough waters of the Indian Ocean. The couple, Danish Abdi and Vrushali Prasade, recently completed the challenging swim from Sri Lanka to India in 10 hours and 45 minutes, an achievement that has now gone viral on social media.

The duo documented their journey online, sharing videos of the difficult conditions they faced during the crossing. Their swim reportedly began at around 4.30 am, with one clip showing Abdi sitting at the edge of a boat moments before jumping into the dark waters. "At 4.30 AM, we started swimming from Sri Lanka," the text overlay of...