Man traces Indian Map along Bengaluru through GPS as an Independence Day tribute

51-year-old Vikas Ruparelia covered a 73 Kilometre path on Independence day, tracing the path of the Indian flag along his route in Bengaluru. It took him 17 hours to finish this task. He started from Orion Mall in Rajajinagar at 7:45 am in the morning. He passed through Kuruburahalli, BCC Layout, Chikkalsandra, Thyagarajnagar, Austin Town, Halasuru, Chickpet and then returned to the original spot at 1:40 am the next day.

He later posted an update about his endeavour on X, formerly known as Twitter. "Did this GPS art by walking within Bengaluru,Jai Hind ! Happy Independence Day,Thank you so much Dear friends for your wishes and motivation, personally even I was doubtful that I can finish this in one day.Well it’s been a great adventure and special thanks to my family &friends,” he posted. He carried an Indian flag along with him along the way.  

Did this GPS art by walking within Bengaluru,Jai Hind ! Happy Independence Day,Thank you so much Dear friends for your wishes and motivation, personally even I was doubtful that I can finish this in one day.Well it’s been a great adventure and special thanks to my family &friends pic.twitter.com/lacsOoeeIp

— viKas rupaRelia (@vikas_ruparelia) August 18, 2023

"It started raining very heavily around 7 pm, but I couldn't stop because it was getting darker and I had to complete tracing the map. Plus, around 1,000 people in Bengaluru were tracking my progress on the Strava app and were sending encouraging messages, urging me not to stop," he said in an interaction with moneycontrol.