Sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik creates sand art of Lord Ganesha with 7,000 seashells

Team Udayavani, Sep 10, 2021, 1:47 PM IST

Famed artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand art of Lord Ganesha with around 7,000 seashells on Puri beach.

He claimed that the 5-foot tall sand installation, created on the eve of Ganapati festival, is the first of its kind in the world. He wrote, “This is the world’s first seashells with sand installation art of Lord Ganesha.”

#HappyGaneshChaturthi
May Lord Ganesh bless all.
First time I have used 7000 Seashells on my SandArt installation with message “World Peace “at Puri beach in Odisha. pic.twitter.com/vdjV1wtrfE

— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) September 10, 2021

The message ‘World Peace’ was inscribed on the artwork.

Below is how the internet reacted:

Sooooooooooo beautiful
????????? https://t.co/3iQ8lGd9dV

— अनुराग बजाज (@anuragvbajaj) September 10, 2021

That's awesome!

Taking sand art to another level ? https://t.co/Ny0EfwDcgJ

— Hemali Boghawala (@BoghawalaHemali) September 10, 2021

HAPPY GANESH CHATURTHI??@sudarsansand Sir, this is so beautiful ?? https://t.co/kIJtxezV6n

— SRIJITA PAL ?? (@SRIJITA_25) September 10, 2021