Tag: Sudarsan Pattnaik

To motivate voters to exercise their right, a sand animation film made by renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik was released by the Chief Electoral Officer here

Bhubaneswar: With announcement of Padma Shri for renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik, his students congratulated him in an unique way by creating his sand sculpture at Puri beach of Odisha. They have created a 5 ft high sand sculpture of Sudarsan by using about 3 tonne of sand with some colour sand. They dedicated the […]

Bhubaneswar: Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik was appointed president of Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today. Pattnaik’s appointment as the chief of the State’s apex body for fine arts came after the resignation of former president of the academy, Raghunath Mohapatra, who was recently nominated to Rajya Sabha. A selection […]

Once the tourism sector in Odisha revives after the Covid pandemic, a visual treat would greet the tourists when they step into Raghurajpur, the heritage village of Puri. Amidst a raging pandemic that has drawn curtains on the livelihood of the artists, Odisha Lalit Kala Akademi in collaboration with the state culture department came up with an innovative idea and organised a traditional Mural camp (pattachitra) at Raghurajpur from June 9 to 13, 2021. Families of as many as 150 artisans participated in this camp by painting the walls and the front portion of their own houses. The Akademi will provide Rs 10,000 remuneration to each family while five best works would receive awards, informed Akademi president and acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik.

Bhubaneswar: Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has been selected for the prestigious Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019. He will be honoured during the International Scorrana Sand Nativity in Italy scheduled to be held from November 13 to 18. Pattnaik said he will also represent India in International scorrana sand Nativity. As many as […]

Bhubaneswar: Renowned Odisha sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has been given the Italian Golden Sand Art Award 2019. He received the award from Vito Maraschio, president of Promuovi International Scorrano Sand Nativity, at a ceremony in Rome on Friday evening. Neeharika Singh, Deputy Chief of Mission at the Indian embassy, was present at the award ceremony. […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Wednesday greeted the people on the occasion of Christmas with the festival being celebrated across the state with gaiety and a spirit of bonhomie. Describing the festival as a symbol of peace, harmony and brotherhood, the governor in a message wished the people happiness […]

Bhubaneswar: Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik on Tuesday said he has created a replica of Ram temple on Puri beach, on the eve of its ground-breaking ceremony in Ayodhya. #JaiShriRam …My SandArt at Puri beach in Odisha, On the eve of foundation stone laying ceremony by Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji for #RamMandirAyodhya . pic.twitter.com/HMYAjAJwQI — […]

Bhubaneswar: Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik, who earned a name for his creative sand arts, took his creativity to a step further and shared a video message to sensitise people about the importance of clean beaches on the International Coastal Clean-Up Day on Saturday. Our Place……Our Planet Our Responsibility Keep our Coastal Clean . […]

Bhubaneswar: Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a 25-feet sand sculpture to mark the election victory of US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at the Puri beach in Odisha. Pattnaik has created a sand sculpture of both the leaders to congratulate them on the historic victory. Congratulations President-elect, @JoeBiden and Vice […]

Konark: The second day of 9th edition of International Sand Art Festival on Wednesday saw stunning sand sculptures themed on ‘Sea Life’, ‘Our Heritage’ and ‘Covid-19 awareness’. The sand festival is underway at pristine Chandrabhaga beach, around 3 kilometres from the Sun Temple in Konark adhering to all the Covi-19 protocols prescribed by the State […]

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, […]

Puri: Saluting the valour and courage of the country’s bravehearts, an artist from Odisha has created a model of an Indian Army tank using matchsticks as a mark of tribute to the soldiers on the occasion of Army Day today. It took around six days for Saswat Ranjan Sahoo, the young artist from the pilgrim […]