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Palak Muchhal Enters Guinness World Records for Funding More Than 3,800 Child Heart Surgeries

The Palak-Palash foundation uses her concert income to fund urgent pediatric heart surgeries.

Overview

  • The new Guinness World Records entry, reported this week, credits financing that enabled over 3,800 operations for underprivileged children.
  • Muchhal runs the Palak-Palash Charitable Foundation with her brother Palash, organizing benefit performances since 2000 to raise treatment funds.
  • She channels a large share of concert earnings into surgeries and, when shows are scarce, covers shortfalls from personal savings with support from her husband, composer Mithoon.
  • Her humanitarian work is also recognized by the Limca Book of Records, reflecting years of sustained fundraising for pediatric cardiac care.
  • A documented milestone in 2013 saw more than Rs 2.5 crore raised through concerts, enabling 572 children to receive life-saving heart operations.