Sand artist creates 1,000 Santa Claus sculptures in Odisha
Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created 1,000 Santa Claus sculptures at the Puri beach in Odisha on Christmas eve. The installation was constructed with the help of 35 students and about 1,000 tons of sand in four days. With the sand art, Sudarsan broke his 2012 Limca Book record of 500 sand Santa Claus sculptures.
Bhubaneswar, Dec 25 (PTI) Internationally acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik today said that creation of 1,000 sand sculptures of Santa Claus by him and his students at Puri sea beach on the eve of Christmas has become a record to feature in Limca Book of Records. Pattnaik said Senior Editor of Limca Book of Records, Arthy Muthanna Sindh has congratulated him on the feat through an e-mail communication and has confirmed it as a world record that would feature in Limca Book of Records. The Santa festival started at Puri yesterday evening and will continue till January 1, he said. With 1,000 Santa Clauses, Sudarsan was eyeing to break his 2012 Limca Book record of sculpturing 500 sand Santa Clauses. 