| Name(s) |
SUDARSHAN PATTNAIK |
| Date of
Birth |
April 15, 1977 - Puri, Orissa, India.
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Identity |
Indian Sand Sculptor - The inventor of Sand Art in India
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- June 03, 2001: He
participated in Sentosa Sandstation at Singapore,
"Splendours of Golden Asia" .
- June 25, 2001: He
participated in Denmark International Sand Sculpture
festival 2001 Blokhus on this day.
- May 06, 2002: He participated in
Netherlands Singles International Sand Sculpturing
competition at SCHEVENINGEN on this day.
- 2008: He won the World
champion title at USF World sand sculpture championship,
Berlin.
- 2009: He won the Korea sand
sculpture award.
- 2010: He won the gold medal
for people choice award at 3rd Moscow World sand sculpture
championship.
- June, 2012: He won
the first prize in
International Sand Sculpture Championship.
- 2013: He won 1st prize
(gold medal) at Saint Petersburg in 12th International sand
sculpture competition at Russia, Danish grand prizes at
International Sand competition Championship, Denmark and won
Moscow museum prize at Russia.
- 2014: He was awarded
PADMA SHRI by Govt. of India.
- May 14, 2014: He exhibited sand
sculpture at Cannes Film Festival at Cannes, France from 14
to 25 May, 2014.
- December 29, 2015: His
Santa Claus sculpture on this day found a place in Limca
book of records.
- October 21, 2016: He has
been declared as the brand ambassador for the 5th
International Sand Art Festival to be held at Konark by the
tourism department of Odisha. International Sand Art
Festival is a popular annual event
organised by Odisha Tourism from December 1 to 5 at Konark
in Puri. Several sand artists from India and abroad will
participate in the festival.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He has learned this form of art by himself
without any guidance but only by practice and creative ideas.
- He started sculpting images on sand since
the age of seven.
- Manas Kumar Sahoo who was the semifinalist
of India's Got Talent Season 2, is one of his students, who won many
national and international awards for his creative designs and has
recorded his name in the World records for sculpting the tallest
Santa Claus image built on sand.
- He is the 5 times winner of people choice
award at Berlin, which is a record.
- He is the brand ambassador of NALCO, India.
- He created a 15-feet-high Hindu God
Ganesh to create awareness among the people on the potential dangers
of global warming at the International Sand Championship.
- He established "The Golden Sand Art
Institute” which is first of its nature in India.
- He has so far participated in more
than 50 international sand sculpture championships across the world
and won 27 championships for the country.
- His sand sculpture on Black Taj Mahal earned
him accolades all over the world.
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