Indian-origin Odia based Madhusmita Jena Das runs UK Longest Marathon in Saree
Indian-origin Odia based Madhusmita Jena Das runs UK
Longest Marathon in Saree
Interesting news comes to the fore that UK. based and Indian Origin, 41 year Madhusmita Jena Das, a teacher in Odia, ran the UK’s longest marathon in a Sambalpuri Saree and completed the run clocking 4 hours and 50 minutes.
A Twitter user shared images of Das running along with the other participants. Sambalpur has a distinct and inclusive cultural identity that arises from the strong association between the tribal and folk communities, which have been coexisting for centuries.
An official Twitter account of “Friends of India Society, Inc., UK shared a video of the marathon. The video showed the woman comfortably clad in a saree while her friends cheered for her. By wearing a saree to the marathon, she hoped to raise awareness about Indian culture and heritage.
Earlier in January, this year, 80-year-old woman ran the18th edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon wearing a saree. A video of her participating in the marathon was shot and shared by her granddaughter on Instagram, which went viral.
The 80-year-old woman, identified as Bharti, was spotted comfortably walking and running in a saree and sneakers armed with an Indian flag in her hand. She completed the 4.2-kilometre marathon clocking 51 minutes.
Sharing the video on social media, her granddaughter, Dimple Mehta Fernandes, wrote, that she was much inspired by the sheer will and grit of her 80-year-old Nani, who ran the TATA Marathon this Sunday.” Bharti also gave interviews mentioning that this was her fifth time in a marathon. She also shared that she has been practising every day for the marathon.
Meanwhile in August 2022, a 44-year-old Jayanthi Sampath Kumar completed a 42-kilometre marathon in Hyderabad in a saree. She grabbed attention much before crossing the finish line for wearing a saree and sandals. She ran along with 20,000 other runners and covered the entire distance.
News input KV Raman
