India, Oct. 13 -- Lo, behold and envisage! 3,000 Dhakis, Bengal's traditional drummers, beat their massive, barrel-shaped dhaks. At the same time, an equal number of drones lit up the night sky, forming grand three-dimensional figures themed on Mother Goddess Durga and her mythical anecdotes, all perfectly synchronised.

This year, the iconic Eden Gardens of Kolkata, hitherto known for creating numerous cricketing histories, crafted a different record on Saturday night, entering the Gunnies Book of World Records, not writing a tale of 'footwork' but scripting a story of 'handiwork'.

Never in history have so many Dhaks been played with such harmonising perfection. And the icing on the cake: The appearance of more than 1,000 women gatherin...