[Watch] Srimandir Parikrama Prakalpa: Odisha Artist Manas Kumar Sahoo Makes Sand Art Animation Of Inauguration Ceremony

Bhubaneswar: Internationally renowned Odisha sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo has prepared an immaculate sand animation depicting the inauguration ceremony of Srimandir Parikrama prakalpa (heritage corridor project).

Maharaja Shri Dibyasingh Deva offering bettlenut, rice and coconut to Rajguru, Rajguru instructing the Brahmin community to perform all the rituals of the festival and the Yagya flawlessly, Brahmins commencing the event, invoking the Trideva, the vision of the Trideva – all this is beautifully portrayed by Manas Sahoo through sand animation.

He also shows the scene of the completion of the Yagya by Maharaj Dibyasingh Dev and the inauguration of the project of Srimandira Parikrama Prakalpa by Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. This animation video is 3 minutes 39 seconds long and it took Manas Sahoo 15 hours to prepare it.