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Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik attempts world record with 'biggest' Santa Claus face on Puri beach
Globally-acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik claims to have created the \'world\'s biggest\' sand Santa face with message \"World Peace\" on Odisha\'s famous Puri beach.
Globally-acclaimed sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik claims to have created the 'world's biggest' sand Santa face with message "World Peace" on Odisha's famous Puri beach.
Pattnaik claimed he has created the 25 feet high and 50 ft wide sand Santa face with an aim to give the creation a place in the Limca book of World record.
I have completed another new #WorldRecord of World's biggest #SandSantaClause face, with message "World Peace", 25ft height & 50ft width at Puri beach of Odisha. #MerryChristmas pic.twitter.com/qTNuMB7wUs
— Sudarsan Pattnaik (@sudarsansand) December 24, 2017
A sand sculpture of Jesus Christ has also been created in front of the Santa face on the beach, he said adding about 600 tonne of sand including coloured sand had been used for creating the huge structure.
The master sculptor was assisted by 40 of his disciples at the Sudarsan Sand Art Institute of Puri and they took 35 hours to erect the mammoth structure.
The sculpture will be on display till January 1, said Pattnaik. PTI
