Bengaluru girl Rebecca Taylor has sealed her place in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Rebecca has made the largest tealight candle, which is 5’5″ in diameter.

The previous record-holding candle measured 3’3″ in diameter.

“I had applied for the record on June 1, 2014, but got the confirmation only on June 27 this year,” said the 27-year-old cartoonist.

Rebecca took five hours to make the candle through a unique process called hand moulding, in which semi-hot wax is sculpted into different shapes.Each petal of the pink rose-shaped candle is unique in shape and size, and measures one-and-half to two feet.

“This is an amalgamation of my love for nature and passion for the arts. However, it turned out to be a Herculean task to work on a candle of this magnitude.

It took me a lot of time to understand the behaviour of the wax and work in various temperatures,” she added.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> Life & Style> People / by Stuti Agarwal, TNN / July 02nd, 2015