An Indian woman has set a new record by skydiving while wearing a saree, an unwieldy garment that is wrapped around the body. <br /><br />Shital Mahajan Rane, 37, jumped from a feet of 13,000 feet at Pattaya, Thailand, on February 11, draping herself with a traditional nine-yard (27-feet) saree.<br /><br />Shital said, "I always wanted to do something different with skydiving.” <br /><br />She knew that jumping from a plane wearing a saree would be risky as the garment would peel off due to strong winds blowing at that height.<br /><br />So, she chose to wear the traditional ‘Maharashtrian Navwari-style’ saree, which is tucked both in front and back. <br /><br />“I prepared my saree by taping, stitching and pinning it properly," she said.<br /><br />The Thai instructor was sceptical and didn’t allow her to skydive wearing a saree on the first day of the course. <br /><br />On the second day, she convinced him, but the bad weather played the spoilsport. <br /><br />“On the third day, I finally jumped from 13,000 feet," Shital said. <br /><br />Mother of two children, Shital is an avid skydiver.<br /><br />She has jumped over North pole and all seven continents including Antarctica.
