A viral video featuring Bengaluru-born musician and traveller Benny Prasad has drawn attention to an unusual record: a journey that took him to 245 countries, including Antarctica.The clip shows Prasad flipping through 16 passports, each packed with stamps and visas from years of travel around the world. For many viewers, the sheer number of passports was striking on its own. For others, it was the reminder that this was not just a holiday trail, but a long, carefully planned global journey.What the video showsThe video was shared on the Instagram page Most Traveled People and quickly began making the rounds online.It opens with the line, “This man needed 16 passports to visit every country on Earth.” In the clip, Prasad says he is from India and says he has been to every country in the shortest time, completing the journey in six years, six months and 22 days.He adds that the total includes 245 nations, along with Antarctica, covering both sovereign and dependent territories. As he speaks, he goes through passport after passport, with pages filled with dense rows of stamps and visas. Some of the older pages have turned yellow with age.https://www.instagram.com/reel/DZ8QUP9t5OM/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheetPrasad was born in Bengaluru in 1975.According to details shared on his website, he had a difficult childhood because of health problems. He suffered from severe asthma, needed cortisone steroids and later developed rheumatoid arthritis, significant lung damage and a weakened immune system.He has also spoken about a period of deep depression in his teenage years. At 16, he reportedly considered taking his own life before attending a youth retreat, which he says became a turning point in his life.Over time, he moved from being, in his words, a source of concern for his family to becoming a point of pride. Music later became central to his life and took him across countries, while also shaping his public identity as both a musician and traveller.Online reactionsOne viewer called him a legend made before the social media age. Another congratulated him for the achievement, while others described the story as inspiring and said he represented the “real OG traveller” from India.The response reflects what makes the clip stand out. It is not just about the stamps or the passports. It is about the scale of the journey, and the unusual way in which Prasad turned a difficult life story into one of travel, music and endurance.