Tag: Sand Art

Puri: In a bid to promote sand art and attract more tourists to State, the Odisha Government has earmarked land to set up a permanent ‘Sand Art Park’ at Puri beach. Culture and Tourism Secretary Mona Sharma, Puri Collector Arvind Agarwal and other officials of Tourism department finalised place near Banki muhan beach after conducting […]

Bhubaneswar/Moscow: Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik of Puri won the Jury Prize Gold medal at the 10th World Sand Sculpture Championship Moscow 2017 today. Pattnaik secured the gold for his sand sculpture of Lord Ganesh with message ‘Go Green’ at the Championship held between April 22nd and 28th at Kolomenskoye, Moscow in Russia. The event’s […]

Puri: On the occasion of World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, international sand artist and Padma Shri awardee Sudarshan Pattnaik has through his art, at Puri sea beach, given an awareness message for the treatment and total cure of the disease. Pattnaik has mentioned that TB is not an incurable disease but it can be cured with […]

Bhubaneswar: Acclaimed sand artist Manas Sahoo, continuing his habit of coming up with something special to mark every important occasion, created a five feet high and 15 feet long sand sculpture on the Puri beach on occasion of World Water Day on Tuesday. The sand sculpture titled “Thousands have lived without love, not one without […]

Bhubaneswar: Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture at Puri sea beach wishing luck to Indian cricket team for the second One Day International (ODI) match against England to be played at Barabati Stadium in Cuttak tomorrow. Through his sand art, he welcomed team India to the historical Barabati Stadium and wished […]

Puri: Noted sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo created a sand art to spread awareness about Hepatitis B at Puri beach on the occasion World Hepatitis Day. In his sand art, Sahoo attempted to spread the message about how vaccination could prevent the spread of the diseases. More than 50 crore people across the globe have […]

Puri: Eminent sand artist Manas Sahoo created a sand art to spread the message to save environment at light house beach in the pilgrim town on the occasion of World Environment Day today. Sahoo created the 15 feet tall sand sculpture using 15 tonnes of sand with the message ‘Save Environment-Don’t Destroy Our Home’. While […]

Bhubaneswar: International Women’s Day, a global event aimed at celebrating the achievements of women in various fields, was observed here with fervour and gaiety. Among the many programmes organized to mark the occasion in the State capital was a human chain formed by students of Ramadevi Women’s College here. As many as five hundred students […]

Eminent sand artist of international repute Sudarshan Patnaik today said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has proposed him to set up a sand art training institute in Gujarat

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s popular International Sand Art Festival will kick off at Chandrabhaga Beach near Konark on Saturday, said an official. The five-day festival will see participation of over 30 Indian and 10 international artists from Mexico, Spain, Singapore, France, Norway, Germany, the Netherland and the US, the Odisha Tourism Department said. With renowned sand artist and […]

Bhubaneswar: Noted sand artist from Odisha Sudarsan Pattnaik has been selected to represent India in 10th Moscow Sand Art Championship 2017. With a theme “The World Around us”, the championship is scheduled to be held from April 22 to 28 at Kolomenskoye, Moscow, Pattnaik said. Top sand sculptors from different parts of the world are […]

BENAULIM (Goa): Amid the ongoing BRICS Summit in Goa, heads of the states visited the sand sculptures of monuments of all the five member countries created in the lobby of a five-star resort here. India’s renowned sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik has created the sculptures of monuments of all five participating nations – Brazil, Russia, India, […]

New Delhi: Renowned artist Sudarsan Pattnaik will participate in an international sand art championship in Russia later this month. Pattnaik will be representing India in the contest where he will make sand art– “Mahatma Gandhi sculpture for non-violence and peace”. The sand sculpture competition will be held from April 21 to 27 at Kolomenskoye, Moscow, […]

Bhubaneswar: It is the end of the spectacular ten day festival celebrating the divine feminine power of Goddess Durga. Popularly called “Dusshera”, today marks the day when Lord Rama slayed the evil King Ravana and the Maa Durga herself defeated the demon “Mahishasur”, all symbolic of the notion of good winning over evil. The festival […]

Bhubaneswar: On the eve of Christmas, internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik attempted a new world record by creating a giant 3D sand art of Santa Claus with mask at Puri sea beach on Thursday. Sudarsan has created a 3D sand art of two Santa Claus holding a mask and giving the message “Use Mask, […]