Sudarshan Pattnaik : Creative Sand Artist of Odisha

Sudarshan Pattnaik born in Puri (abode of lord jagannath), nearly 70 km from Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He is the inventor of sand art in india and has learned this form of sand art by himself without any guidance by mere practice and creative ideas. He started sculpting images on sand since the age of seven only. Till now he has designed hundreds of sand sculpture. In the recent years people have started focusing on this art form. And now Sudarshan has many students working under his arm. Among them Manas Kumar Sahoo who is the semifinalist of india's got talent season 2. He has won many national and international award for his creative designs and has recorded his name in the world records for sculpting the tallest santa claus and most santa claus image built on sand etc. Sudarshan Pattnaik has won People's Choice prize at the 1st Moscow International Sand Sculpture Championship held in Russia, the capital city. The artists from Italy won the 'Jury Choice', while Ireland won the 'Sculptor Choice' prize in this championship. Pattnaik had created 15 feet high Hindu god Ganesh to create awareness among with people on the potential dangers of global warming at the International Sand Championship. The top of the sculpture depicted the melting of glaciers in the Himalayas and in the flowing water Lord Ganesh is traveling on a boat with a sign 'Divine Concern on Global Warming'. This was to educate people through his art about the effects Global Warming. Pattnaik hails from Odisha and has so far participated in more than 35 international sand sculpture championships across the world and won many awards for the country. Click here to know his International Sand Art