Sudarsan Pattnaik | |
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ସୁଦର୍ଶନ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ | |
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Occupation | Sand artist |
Awards | Padma Shri (2014) [1] |
Website | www |
Sudarsan Pattnaik (born 15 April 1977) is an Indian sand artist from Puri, Odisha. In 2014, the Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian award, for his seashore sand arts. [3]
Sudarsan Pattnaik was born in a poor family in Marchikote Lane, Puri district, Odisha, in 1977. In February 2017, he broke the Guinness world record for making the world's largest sand castle, which was located on Puri Beach, Odisha. [4] His record was broken by Skulptura Projects GmbH in Binz, Germany, in June 2019. [5]
Sand art is the practice of modelling sand into an artistic form, such as sand brushing, sand sculpting, sand painting, or creating sand bottles. A sandcastle is a type of sand sculpture resembling a miniature building, often a castle. The drip castle variation uses wet sand that is dribbled down to form organic shapes before the sands dries.
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