Meet Benny Prasad: Bengaluru musician who visited 'every country in the world' with 16 passports in 6 years
ETimes June 26, 2026 04:39 AM
While scrolling on the internet or dreaming at night, many imagine travelling across the globe and seeing every breathtaking sight with their own eyes. However, there are only a few who gather up the courage to leave the materialistic pursuit and walk the ends of the earth like a nomad.
One such peculiar and exemplary person is Benny Prasad , a Bengaluru-born musician who has made the travel record of a lifetime. In a video going viral online, Prasad claimed he has visited 245 countries and territories with 16 Indian passports stuffed full of stamps and visas to prove it.
He could be seen flipping through his collection of passports in the clip where the pages are yellowed with time and densely packed with stamps, visas, seals from six countries including Antarctica.
"I'm from India, and I've been to every country in the shortest time... 245 nations, including Antarctica, both sovereign and dependent, in six years, six months, and 22 days," he said.
In the video shared by MTP- Most Travelled People , Prasad also shared his challenges of navigating visa requirements and other paperwork. "Because I am an Indian, I need a lot of visas for travelling, a lot of pages," he said showcasing his passports.
Social media reactions
Prasad's stack of 16 passports caught the internet's attention. With every government-related record requiring tons of paperwork, people wondered how much he would have waited and border-hopped to create the record within the time.
"Gosh, I shudder to think of all the paperwork it would've taken!" one user wrote in the comment section.
"Actual human doing his prime purpose" a user praised.
"This is the dream" added another.
Who is Benny Prasad?
As numerous viewers mentioned in the comments, Prasad is a guitarist. His official website has a detailed record of the difficulties he has faced in life. He was born on August 6, 1975, in Bengaluru, and his birth was celebrated with the highest hopes for his future as he was the first of his generation in the family.
"But his was not a promising start - He suffered from severe asthma, which required him to take cortisone steroids from which he developed rheumatoid arthritis, 60% lung damage and an immune system regularly failing him, which threatens his life even to this day," the official website mentions.
His parents tried to push him into academics with subjects like mathematics and science, however, he went into depression at an early age. His life transformed when he eventually inclined towards music. "Today, through his music, Benny brings the Hope In God to thousands of people, travelling to 40 - 50 countries every year," the website states.
