Puri: As a mark of honour for men’s hockey team of India, which created history in the Tokyo Olympics by winning a medal after 41 years, a young artist of Puri town has created a miniature model of hockey stick with matchsticks.
Artist Saswat Ranjan Sahoo displayed his creation to the media on the occasion of National Sports Day on Sunday. The model measures 15 inches in length and 5 inches in width.
Sahoo said he had used 690 matchsticks for making the model and it took him two days of meticulous work to come up with the product.
“On the occasion of National Sports Day, I made a craftwork of hockey stick. It has also the gears of different sports like boxing, badminton, weight-lifting, golf, cricket and javelin in miniature form. The entire model is made of matchsticks,” said 18-year-old Saswat who belongs to Kumbharapada in Puri.
The National Sports Day is celebrated in the country on August 29, the birth anniversary of legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand who was instrumental in winning gold medal in Olympics for India in 1928, 1932 and 1936.
Bhubaneswar: Somy Ali, in a recent interview with IANS, said that Salman Khan was worse…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi embarked on a two-day visit to his home district…
Bhubaneswar: Organs of a brain dead patient were harvested at SUM Ultimate Medicare (SUMUM) here…
Bhubaneswar : Noted feminist fiction writer Sarojini Sahoo received the prestigious Sarala Puraskar for her novel…
Bhubaneswar: President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Odisha…
Cuttack: As we mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, responsible for merging the…
Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Wednesday unveiled the logo and web portal for…
Bhubaneswar: A number of organisations donated to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) at Lok…