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Puri: Internationally acclaimed sand artist from Odisha, Sudarsan Pattnaik, today urged people to celebrate Diwali sans crackers.
Pattnaik created a sand sculpture of goddess Kali on Puri beach with a message “No Crackers. Save Nature. Happy Diwali.”
No Crackers Save Nature #HappyDiwali - one of my SandArts for the Festival of Lights. #BeatPollution pic.twitter.com/s8PDElFhjV
— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) October 17, 2017
This apart, the Padma Shri Awardee artist also created a sand sculptor of Goddess Lakshmi on the beach here.
Later, he took to Twitter to extend his greetings.
Greetings to all, on the auspicious occasion of #Dhanteras. One of my SandArt of #MahaLaxmi at Puribeach. pic.twitter.com/TVaLCrgBEL
— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) October 17, 2017
On Twitter, Pattnaik's sand art has been 'liked' almost 1,000 times.