Sudarshan Pattnaik
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Sudarsan Pattnaik born in Puri, nearly 70 km from Bhubaneswar
the capital city of Orissa
. He is the inventor of sand art in India and has learned this form of art by himself without any guidance but only by practice and creative ideas.
He started sculpting images on sand since the age of seven. Till now he has designed hundreds of sand sculpture.
In the recent years people have started focusing on this art form. Now Sudarshan has many students working under his arm. Among them is Manas Kumar Sahoo who was the semifinalist of India's Got Talent Season 2.
He has won many national and international awards 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. Sudarshan Pattnaik won the People's Choice Prize at the 1st Moscow International Sand Sculpture Championship held in Russia
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Pattnaik created a 15 feet high Hindu
God Ganesh to create awareness among the 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.
Sudarsan Patnaik’s ultimate objective is to create awareness and enthusiasm among the people and make it popular professional art form among the people for which he is traveling various places in the country and demonstrating this art form by holding work shops and training. He established "The Golden Sand Art Institute” which is first of its nature in India.
Pattnaik has so far participated in more than 35 international sand sculpture championships across the world and won many awards for the country.
His sand sculpture on Black Taj Mahal earned him accolades all over the world.www.sandindia.com
Bhubaneswar
Bhubaneswar is the capital of the Indian state of Orissa, officially Odisha. The city has a long history of over 2000 years starting with Chedi dynasty who had Sisupalgarh near present-day Bhubaneswar as their capital...
the capital city of Orissa
Orissa
Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...
. He is the inventor of sand art in India and has learned this form of art by himself without any guidance but only by practice and creative ideas.
He started sculpting images on sand since the age of seven. Till now he has designed hundreds of sand sculpture.
In the recent years people have started focusing on this art form. Now Sudarshan has many students working under his arm. Among them is Manas Kumar Sahoo who was the semifinalist of India's Got Talent Season 2.
He has won many national and international awards 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. Sudarshan Pattnaik won the People's Choice Prize at the 1st Moscow International Sand Sculpture Championship held in Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
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Pattnaik created a 15 feet high Hindu
Hindu
Hindu refers to an identity associated with the philosophical, religious and cultural systems that are indigenous to the Indian subcontinent. As used in the Constitution of India, the word "Hindu" is also attributed to all persons professing any Indian religion...
God Ganesh to create awareness among the people on the potential dangers of global warming
Global warming
Global warming refers to the rising average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation. In the last 100 years, Earth's average surface temperature increased by about with about two thirds of the increase occurring over just the last three decades...
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.
Sudarsan Patnaik’s ultimate objective is to create awareness and enthusiasm among the people and make it popular professional art form among the people for which he is traveling various places in the country and demonstrating this art form by holding work shops and training. He established "The Golden Sand Art Institute” which is first of its nature in India.
Pattnaik has so far participated in more than 35 international sand sculpture championships across the world and won many awards for the country.
His sand sculpture on Black Taj Mahal earned him accolades all over the world.www.sandindia.com
External links
- Website Dedicated to Mr. Patnaik's work http://www.sandindia.com/home.html
- An OrissaDiary Interview with Mr. Sudarsan Patnaik http://orissadiary.com/inerview/sudarsan-patnaik.asp
- International Sand Art by Sudarsan Patnaik (Puri District Website)http://puri.nic.in/sandart1.htm
- Telegraph (UK) Sand sculptures by Sudarsan Pattnaik from India http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/6309340/Sand-sculptures-by-Sudarsan-Pattnaik-from-India.html?image=6
- Sand Art Image of Gaddafi in Reuter Story http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/10/25/idINIndia-60118120111025
- Sudarsan Pattnaik's sand sculpture on global warming wins Berlin contest http://www.deccanherald.com/content/85340/sudarsan-pattnaiks-sand-sculpture-global.html
- Youth projects ideas through sand art http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110519/jsp/orissa/story_13997910.jsp
- Sand artist Patnaik yearns for government recognition http://www.thehindu.com/arts/crafts/article814449.ece
- http://atithisatkar.blogspot.com/2010/07/sudarshan-pattnaik.html
- Pattnaik creates sand sculpture to popularize Earth Hour (Sify News)
- Unique 'get well soon' wish for Big B (The Times of India)
- A sand sculpture of Amitabh Bachchan (apunkachoice.com)
- Sculptor builds his 38th Taj Mahal in Amsterdam (Sindh Today)