Bhubaneswar: Celebrated Odia sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a new world record with biggest chocolate-sand installation of Santa Claus at Blue Flag Beach of Odisha’s Puri on the eve on Christmas.
Sudarsan shared a picture of the installation on X and wrote that about 550kg of chocolates was used to create the remarkable chocolate-sand Santa Claus, measuring 160 feet long and 100 feet wide and spread over an area of 16,000 square.
The sand artist shared that it took him 6 hours to complete the sand art and he was assisted by the students of his sand art institution.
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World’s biggest Chocolate Sand installation #SantaClaus, at Blue Flag Beach in Puri, Odisha.
550kg of Chocolates installation, on sandart , (160 feet long 100 feet wide), over 16,000 square .ft area and took 6hours to complete the art with my Students of our sand… pic.twitter.com/oSGsE4ESqX— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) December 25, 2024
In February, 2017, he had created the Guinness World Record for the World’s tallest sand castle, measuring 48 feet and 8 inches, on the beach.
Sudarsan Pattnaik is an Indian sand artist who hails from Puri, Odisha. In 2014, he was honoured with the Padma Shri for his seashore sand arts.