Sharmili Mallick

Bhubaneswar: Well-known miniature artist from Odisha L Eswar Rao has crafted a miniature photo frame of Joe Biden using small pieces of stones inside a glass bottle to congratulate him ahead of his swearing-in as the President of the United States.

Speaking to OTV, Rao, a resident of Jatni village-- around 20 kilometres from the state capital-- said, "In order to extend my wishes to Joe Biden who will be taking oath as the President of US today I have crafted his photo frame inside the glass bottle."

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Rao has also inscribed 'Congratulations' on the photo frame which he took around seven days to complete.

"The frame inside the bottle is 6.5 inches high and 3 inches wide. I have used four small pieces of stones, clay, wood and some pieces of papers to create to the frame," said Rao.

"During the tenure of Donald Trump, India and US had established cordial relations and I want to Biden take it forward after he assumes office," said Rao.

On the other hand, internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has also created a massive sand art on the beach at Puri congratulating Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on their swearing-in.

It may be noted that Joe Biden will take oath as the 46th President of USA today. Along with Biden, Indian-origin Kamala Harris will take oath as the first woman Vice President of the country.

The inauguration ceremony titled 'Celebrating America' is scheduled to take place on January 20 at the US Capitol in Washington late in the afternoon.

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