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International Sand Art Festival 2016 at Odisha India – Part 1 – Save the Sea – YouTube
Sand Art : A Unique Art-form that Started in Odisha
International Sand Art Festival, Konark 2019 | Short Video | OdishaLIVE – YouTube
Odisha is the birth place of Sand Art. Afterwards it spread all over the world. Sand Art is carving of sculpture in sand. It is quiet easier and quicker than stone carving.
For Sand Art only fine grained sand and water is used. An artist can shape a beautiful and attractive sculpture on the beach, with the help of fine grained sand and by the magic of fingers.
Sudarsan Pattnaik is one of the renowned Sand Art artists of Odisha. His works are artful & interesting, mostly based on current world issues, festivals, world peace, sports etc.
Sudarsan Pattnaik creates world record with tallest sand sculpture – YouTube
International Sand Art Festival 2017 at Konark – YouTube
History of Sand Art
There is an ancient story behind Sand Art. The author of Dandi Ramayan, Poet Balaram Das was a great devotee of Lord Jagannath of Puri. Once he tried to climb the chariot of Lord Jagannath during Ratha Yatra to offer his prayer. But he wasn’t allowed by the priests of the chariot to climb it to offer his prayer. He was also insulted by them.
This made Balaram feel extremely humiliated. He went to the beach and carved the statues of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra on the Golden sand.
Then there he started praying and worshipping these statues with utmost devotion.
Through the power of his devotion, the story goes, that the original statues vanished from the chariot and appeared at the place where poet Balaram was worshipping.
Held at the Chandrabhaga Beach, 3 km from Konark, the sand art festival is an event for people in love with sand creations. It is one of the events which highlights Odisha and its wonderful tourism opportunities. The sand festival is free for spectators.
Famous Sand Art | Puri Beach | Odisha | Amazing Talent – YouTube
Development of Sand Art
Now-a-days, most artists are acquainted with the stone work. So stone sculpturing is treated as the first step of sand sculpturing.
Learning the art of carving on sand is an easy process. So within a short period people can learn the Sand art.
Sand sculptures are very eye catching and transferable. It is also destroyed easily. Once the sand dries, the sculpture will be destroyed.
International Sand Art Festival
Every year Sand Art Festival is celebrated in Odisha from 1st December to 5th December. It’s organized by Odisha Tourism. Sand artists from India and from different countries come and participate in this competition.
A prize of Rs 100,000 is given as prize to the best sand artist. Mostly sand artists come from Mexico, Spain, Singapore, France, Norway, Germany, Netherland & USA.
Sudarsan Pattnaik, the Famous Odia sand artist is taken as the brand ambassador of the International Sand Art Festival organized in Odisha by Odisha tourism.
Tete-a-tete with Padma Shri sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik (Hindi) – YouTube
Sudarshan Patnaik’s Biography | Servant to Gold Medalist – YouTube
Dreaming With Sand – Docufiction on Sudarsan Pattnaik – YouTube
Guftagoo with Sudarshan Patnaik – YouTube
Bharat Ek Khoj: Sudarsan Pattnaik – the master of sand art – YouTube
Held at the Chandrabhaga Beach, 3 km from Konark, the sand art festival is an event for people in love with sand creations. It is one of the events which highlights Odisha and its wonderful tourism opportunities. The sand festival is free for spectators.
History of International Sand Art Festival
The International Sand Art Festival was started in 2015 on the Chandrabhaga beach. This beach is at a short distance from Konark. It was a part of the Konark Dance Festival that is organized during the same time.
Due to the proximity from Konark Sun Temple, both these events have tourists crowding from all over the world. Skilled sculptors bring to life the wonderful sand exhibits on the seashores of Chandrabhaga beach.
The renowned Odisha sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik who has been awarded the Padma Shree for his marvelous art is the brand ambassador for the event.
The event witnesses thousands of people from all over the world coming to see the captivating festival. Please do not miss the Konark Dance festival which will be celebrated during the same time.
