Sand Artist Sudarsan Pattnaik Creates Ganesh Sculpture With 1000 Plastic Bottles

Bhubaneswar: Giving a message against use of plastics to save the environment, internationally-acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik  created a sand sculpture of Lord Ganesh with 1000 plastic bottles on the sea beach in Puri on the eve of Ganesh Chaturthi.

The sculpture carried the message, “Say no to single-use plastic” and “Save our environment.”

“I have been inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s campaign to avoid use of plastic and made this sand art,” he said.

Sharing the picture of his creation, Pattnaik tweeted, “On the eve of #GaneshChaturthi My SandArt with message #SaveOurEnvironment & #SayNoToSingleUsePlastic at #Puri beach in Odisha with installing 1000 plastic bottles around it for creating awareness.”