Maharashtra’s well-known businessman-politician Pankaj Parakh called
‘The Man With The Golden Shirt’ by his friends — has earned a place in
the Guinness World Records (GWR).
The GWR certificate issued on Tuesday cites Parakh, 47, as the man with
“the most expensive gold shirt in the world costing Rs. 98,35,099” as on
August 1, 2014.
“This is simply unbelievable. I am a small man from a remote area in
Maharashtra. I am happy that this achievement had catapulted my village
name into the whole world,” an emotional Parakh said on Tuesday May 03,2016
The school dropout, who made his fortunes from a garment fabrication
business is also the Nationalist Congress Party’s Deputy Mayor of Yeola
town in Nashik district, around 260 km from Mumbai.
The shirt, weighing 4.10 kg, is currently valued at over Rs.1.30 crore,
and is supplemented by other golden paraphernalia including a gold
watch, several gold chains, large gold rings, a gold mobile cover and
golden-framed spectacles — the total weight of this opulence being a
whopping 10 kgs!
“I had stitched this shirt for my 45th birthday two years ago. I have
been fascinated by gold since my school days and over the years it
became a passion, almost an obsession,” Parakh smiled.
The shirt was designed by Bafna Jewellers, Nashik and meticulously
executed by Shanti Jewellers at Parel in Mumbai.
A team of 20 select
artisans spent 3,200 hours over two months to craft the 18-22 carat pure
gold strands, to the last thread and ‘stitch’ it, and the deal was
fully billed — to keep tax sleuths at bay.
The shirt is flexible and
comfortable as it has a thin cloth lining to avoid chapping the body,
Parakh said.
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