Dr. JAGADEESH PILLAI (Born on May 31, 1974) of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh has celebrated 70th Indian Independence Day by lighting 70,000 candles on a 210 kg single cake of and set a New World Record on 15th August 2016.
To create a single cake, 70 individual cakes of 3 kg each were used. It was an egg less cake which was prepared with all original ingredients. After the event, the cake was distributed to public and the left out pieces was distributed to charity organizations.