The Kulkarnis, who stand out wherever they go as they are India’s tallest family, are now hoping to set a new world record with their combined height.
India's tallest family
Sharad Kulkarni, 52, stands at 7ft 1.5ins tall and his wife Sanjot, 46, is 6ft 2.6ins tall. Their daughters Mruga, 22, and Sanya, 16, are 6ft 1ins and 6ft 4ins respectively.
The family’s combined height is a staggering 26ft.
Mr and Mrs Kulkarni were crowned India’s tallest couple by their country’s Limca Book of Records after they married in 1989.
They had hoped to be named the world’s tallest couple by the Guinness Book of Records, until it emerged that Wayne and Laurie Hallquist, from Stockton, California, stand a combined inch taller at 13ft 4ins.
“We were a little disheartened. It’s nice to have recognition when you live your life being so different. It ends up meaning something. But we’re excited about new prospects,” the Daily Mail quoted Sharad as saying.
Growing up, Mr and Mrs Kulkarni faced years of teasing and ridicule.
When Mr Kulkarni hit 7ft as a teenager he ploughed his energies into sports and ended up playing basketball for his country, but Mrs Kulkarni struggled to go unrecognised and fit in the remote Indian village where she lived.
The pair began to accept early on in their teens that marriage one day might be difficult.
“It’s hard for a woman to be taller than a man in India. The man is the more authoritative role so I would never want to marry a smaller man and then him be ridiculed about his wife,” Sanjot said.
“It was a big possibility that I’d never marry really,” she said.
But Mrs Kulkarni’s grandmother spotted Mr Kulkarni walking down a street in Mumbai one evening and approached him.
A few weeks later Mr Kulkarni’s parents called the number and a meeting was arranged for the potential couple, as is traditional in India.
The couple married in December 1988. A year later Limca Book of Records pronounced them India’s tallest married couple.
Now, along with their two grown-up daughters Mruga and Sanya, they hope to have the chance to be the world’s tallest family.
India's tallest family
Sharad Kulkarni, 52, stands at 7ft 1.5ins tall and his wife Sanjot, 46, is 6ft 2.6ins tall. Their daughters Mruga, 22, and Sanya, 16, are 6ft 1ins and 6ft 4ins respectively.
The family’s combined height is a staggering 26ft.
Mr and Mrs Kulkarni were crowned India’s tallest couple by their country’s Limca Book of Records after they married in 1989.
They had hoped to be named the world’s tallest couple by the Guinness Book of Records, until it emerged that Wayne and Laurie Hallquist, from Stockton, California, stand a combined inch taller at 13ft 4ins.
“We were a little disheartened. It’s nice to have recognition when you live your life being so different. It ends up meaning something. But we’re excited about new prospects,” the Daily Mail quoted Sharad as saying.
Growing up, Mr and Mrs Kulkarni faced years of teasing and ridicule.
When Mr Kulkarni hit 7ft as a teenager he ploughed his energies into sports and ended up playing basketball for his country, but Mrs Kulkarni struggled to go unrecognised and fit in the remote Indian village where she lived.
The pair began to accept early on in their teens that marriage one day might be difficult.
“It’s hard for a woman to be taller than a man in India. The man is the more authoritative role so I would never want to marry a smaller man and then him be ridiculed about his wife,” Sanjot said.
“It was a big possibility that I’d never marry really,” she said.
But Mrs Kulkarni’s grandmother spotted Mr Kulkarni walking down a street in Mumbai one evening and approached him.
A few weeks later Mr Kulkarni’s parents called the number and a meeting was arranged for the potential couple, as is traditional in India.
The couple married in December 1988. A year later Limca Book of Records pronounced them India’s tallest married couple.
Now, along with their two grown-up daughters Mruga and Sanya, they hope to have the chance to be the world’s tallest family.
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