Most candles on a cake

According to Official Guinness Records,

The most lit candles on a cake is 72,585 and was achieved by Ashrita Furman and the Sri Chinmoy Centre (both USA) at the Sri Chinmoy Centre in New York, New York, USA, on 27 August 2016.The cake was created in celebration of meditation teacher Sri Chinmoy's life, on what would have been his 85th birthday. A team of 100 members of the Sri Chinmoy Centre came together to achieve this record.

For a complete list of 2016 records, please visit 2016 Guinness Records in United States.

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