Sandman Sudarsan Pattnaik Attempts Another Record With 30Ft High Santa Claus

Bhubaneswar: In an attempt to create another world record, internationally-acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik sculpted a sand art on Santa Claus on the occasion of Christmas on Puri sea beach on Tuesday.

He has used 10,000 plastic bottles to create the 30 feet high and 100 feet width sand sculptor.

Posting the picture of his creation, Saudarsan tweeted:

It sent out a message to save the environment and curb plastic pollution.

In 2017, Sudarsan had claimed to have created the ‘world’s biggest’ sand Santa face with message ‘World Peace’ on the Puri beach of Odisha on Christmas eve.

He had created the 25 feet high and 50 feet wide sand Santa face.

A sand sculpture of Jesus Christ has also been created in front of the Santa face on the beach, he said adding about 600 tonne of sand including coloured sand had been used for creating the huge structure.

The master sculptor was assisted by 40 of his disciples at the Sudarsan Sand Art Institute of Puri and they took 35 hours to erect the mammoth structure.

In 2016, Sudarsan created around 1,000 sculptures of Santa Claus at Puri sea beach during the Christmas weekend in an attempt to create a world record. He, along with 35 students, created around 1,000 sculptures of Santa Claus using a huge amount of sand.

In 2015, Sudarsan had created a national record by making a 45-feet high sculpture of Santa Claus at the Puri sea beach.

In 2012, Sudarsan and his team had created 500 sculptures of Santa Claus.