Sudarsan Pattnaik is one of the famous sand artists in the world. He represented India in 60 international sand sculpture championships and festivals all around the world and won 27 championship prizes for the country. Not only this he made the country proud on many other occasions as well.
On the auspicious festival of Ganesh Chaturthi the sand artist has shared the picture of his beautiful artwork on Twitter alongside the caption, “#HappyGaneshChaturthi May Lord Ganesh bless all. First time I have used 7000 Seashells on my sculpture with the message ‘World Peace ‘at Puri beach in Odisha. I hope this is the world’s first Seashells with sand installation art of Lord Ganesh.” According to the caption, Pattnaik has for the first time used seashells in his creation. He has sculpted a beautiful image of Lord Ganesh with a message of “World Peace”.
The incredible artwork has garnered 2207 Likes and 269 Retweets. Netizens, amazed by his beautiful creation responded to the post to express their views. Some of the netizens wished the artist on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi while others praised his creation.
Some tweeted , ‘”Incredible art” , another wrote “Wonderful sir Folded hands. Ganapati Bappa Morya”. Another user commented, “Amazing. Rose stunning beauty. Om Gan Ganpataye Namah”. Another user wrote, “No word to explain you are amazing sir Ji”.
Ganesh Chaturthi, also known as Vinayaka Chaturti or Vinayaka Chaviti, is celebrated to mark Lord Ganesh’s arrival on Earth with his mother Goddess Parvati. The celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi in Maharastra is famous in India. The festival is celebrated for 10 days following the grand immersion of idols.
However, Artists in Maharashtra and across India put special efforts to make the auspicious sculpture of Lord Ganesh way ahead of the festival days. Due to the prevailing situation of COVID-19, the celebrations will be low-key in India.
The city’s biggest festival is usually observed over ten days, but sometimes longer in some places.
“Ganpati Utsav is huge in Mumbai and people from all regions, linguistic backgrounds, and religions take part in the festivities with a lot of enthusiasm and joy. Since March 2020, we have cut down on celebrations because of Covid,” Mumbai Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrale said in a video message released today.
Section 144 of the criminal procedure code will remain imposed on the city between September 10 to 19, the police said.
