{"id":916,"date":"2010-12-16T08:04:29","date_gmt":"2010-12-16T02:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.odisha.com\/?p=4316"},"modified":"2018-09-08T06:23:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-08T06:23:42","slug":"sponser-2-in-english-only","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.odisha.com\/2010\/12\/16\/sponser-2-in-english-only\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist: Sudarshan Pattnaik"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mr. Sudarshan Pattnaik, Sand Artist<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Sudarshan Pattnaik was born in the coastal town of Puri, Orissa. Being inspired by the voice of his inner soul he started visiting the sea beach at Puri every day right from his childhood. <\/span><\/p>\n

Slowly he started carving out different faces of gods and goddesses in sand with his imagination and creativity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Initially the forms were not mature as he had no Guru because sand art is not considered as a professional form of art in India.<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite these limitations he pursued in his endeavor as he considered the creativity in him is God gifted ability. He took up the challenge to popularize sand art as a professional art form and started exhibiting sand art at\u00a0various places in India.
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\nPattnaik\u2019s ultimate objective is to create awareness and enthusiasm among the people and make it popular professional art form among the people for which he is traveling various places in the country and demonstrating this art form by holding work shops and training.<\/span><\/p>\n

Time and again he has tried to replicate various international events through Sand art. recently he made a 4 feet gigh sculpture of Pop King Michael Jackson at Puri. The video link is given below.<\/span><\/p>\n

He has established “The Golden Sand Art Institute\u201d which is first of it\u2019s nature in India.<\/p>\n

GOLDEN SAND ART INSTITUTE:<\/p>\n

A dream to realize, a strong zeal in the heart and a dedicated art lover, Sudarshan not only mastered the art, but was keen to propagate the same to others.<\/span><\/p>\n

The determination of this man, support and a consorted effort from his friends in Puri, culminated in the formation of \u201cGolden Sand Art Institute\u201d in the year 1994.<\/span><\/p>\n

The institute is an open air institute with no boundaries and limitation, with sands below the feet and the sky above the head, the institute is located in the sea shore that spans between Hotel May Fair Beach Resort and the Panthanivas in Puri.<\/span><\/p>\n

INTERNATIONAL AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS:<\/p>\n